Proposed 27th Amendment (ERA)
Section I. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Section II. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section III. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
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I've met many people who think that women, now a day, do not need the protection of The ERA.
I have been trying to tell people for years, that court decisions are not a replacement and are insufficient, and that we need The Equal Rights Amendment. Sometimes, people laughed, or thought it was an out dated idea.
It can't be about the personal anymore, we've been stuck in that realm for 30 years. What we need is an all hands on deck. The ERA shouldn't just be some old fashioned idea that was given up on long ago. It needs to be dusted off and given a new real consideration. We have watched state after state making it more difficult for women to make reproductive health choices. What the courts did for us are being undone by the states. We need the federal protection of an amendment to the constitution.
Learn more... http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/why.htm
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It does mention "sex" as a definition but labels it as jocular.
I guess I've become used to the apparently recent use of gender as meaning sex.
However, I still am uncomfortable with the word sex in this context for the reason's I gave. Maybe we will have to live with it, though.
Thank you for your clarification. Learned something new today. 
