Law professor breaks down what would change if MN passes the Equal Rights Amendment
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Minnesota DFL lawmakers plan to bring back the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, during the next legislative session, which starts in January.
The bill would ask voters to amend the state constitution to seal protections for race, sex and gender identity among others.
“We’ve watched rights disappear overnight. We’ve watched freedom and bodily autonomy come under attack across the country,” said Gender Justice executive director Megan Peterson at a press conference Thursday.
“A protection that lives only in statute can be repealed, can be erased with a single vote. Our rights shouldn’t depend on who sits in the governor’s office, who’s in the legislature, or in the courts.”
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Democrats have introduced the ERA dozens of times at the state legislature. It came close to passing in 2024 when the party held a slim majority. But the DFL has a wider majority after the 2026 midterms.
Jill Hasday, a constitutional law professor at the University of Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to explain what it would mean for the state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
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