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Three pro-abortion Democrat leaders filed a lawsuit last week to force the United States to ratify the pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution.

The lawsuit comes from the attorneys general of Virginia, Illinois and Nevada, all of which voted to ratify the amendment long past U.S. Congress’s 1982 deadline, the AP reports.  Virginia became the 38th and final state needed to ratify the ERA on Monday.

The constitutional amendment appears to be simple. It states that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” But pro-life leaders say the language could be used to end all abortion restrictions, even common-sense laws such as parental consent for minors and the partial-birth abortion ban. It also could force taxpayers to pay for abortions, something most Americans oppose.

The Department of Justice recently said the ERA cannot be added to the U.S. Constitution because of the long-past deadline. National Archivist David Ferriero, whose agency is in charge of adding amendments to the Constitution, said he will follow the DOJ decision.

The lawsuit filed by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul would force him to ratify it anyway, according to the AP.

In the lawsuit, they argued that the deadline is not binding because Congress did not include it in the text of the amendment article to the states, according to the report. Additionally, they claimed the archivist does not have the authority to reject an amendment. . .

But theirs is not the only lawsuit. In December, Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota filed a lawsuit arguing against the ratification of the ERA. South Dakota is one of several states that rescinded its ratification, and it did so within the deadline, according to the lawsuit.

U.S. Congress set a seven-year deadline for the ratification of the amendment and later extended it, but the deadline ended in 1982. Some pro-abortion lawmakers have ignored the deadline and passed the amendment anyway, including the Nevada legislature in 2017 and Illinois in 2018.

The Department of Justice said Congress has the authority to set a deadline for ratifying a constitutional amendment under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. In its opinion earlier this month, the DOJ noted that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Congress’s authority to impose a deadline as well.

The only constitutional avenue to adoption of an ERA would be to start over, a move that requires two-thirds approval in each house of Congress, followed by a new round of consideration by state legislatures. . .

However, there are many who find these claims implausible.

“This is an attempt to air-drop into the Constitution a sweeping provision that could be used to attack any federal, state, or local law or policy that in any way limits abortion — abortion in the final months, partial-birth abortion, abortions on minors, government funding of abortion, conscience-protection laws, you name it,” said Douglas D. Johnson, who directed National Right to Life’s ERA-related efforts during his years as federal legislative director and continues to do so today as NRL senior policy advisor.

“Pro-abortion advocates have been unable to accomplish their goal by the amendment process provided in Article V of the Constitution – their proposal expired unratified 40 years ago — so they are attempting to accomplish it through a brazen political campaign, dressed up in legal terminology,” Johnson said.

(Excerpt from LifeNews. Article by Micaiah Bilger.)

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Susan
February 7, 2020

On the heels of this news, I’ve heard that Washington State wants to legitimize pedophilia as just another class of gender. This ERA would allow it to fit right in. Pray and keep informed!

Anonymous
February 3, 2020

Dear God,

Please bless and further those who are fighting this evil amendment that would force so many evils on our society by blurring lines between the sexes. Please increase awareness about this threat to all those able and willing to do something about it. Lord, most of all, please send forth laborers into Your harvest so Your word can open the eyes of the blind. Raise up the next generation as a force of Bible-loving, truth-wielding warriors who love so fiercely they refuse to ignore evil. Please raise up more prayer warriors to pray among the older generation. Raise up godly aged women to teach the younger women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Raise up men who will pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, and women who will dress in a non-competitive, modest manner. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Pauline Tracey
February 3, 2020

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Lord hear our prayers. Please fill the hearts of our leaders with love and compassion for all Gods children. Give them wisdom and tollerance to do what is right and just for our nation and our unborn. O God, please change the hearts and minds of those who cannot see the injustice and evil that this depraved act will bring our nation if allowed to become law. Lord hear our prayers. Have marcy on us. Lord, please send Satan back to hell where he belongs. He is working really hard to take your people away from you. Stop him Lord. You are our protector and our guide… We are nothing without you. Please , Lord help us to fight against all this evil that surrounds us. Send your mighty angels to protect us especially our children . Please Lord Jesus, God our heavenly father and Mary our mother, keep our President safe in your arms, We pray.

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Jimmy B Shackle
February 3, 2020

An Amendment to the constitution must be ratified by a 2/3 majority of the states. They can bring it to the courts, but the courts will reject this attempt to circumvent the constitution. That doesn’t mean we don’t need to pray about it! By all means do! I’m just stating they have no legal ground on which to stand in court.

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Darlene Estlow
February 3, 2020

Father I pray that this attempt to add this amendment to our Constitution will fail, that in your mercy we as a country would not be forced to pay for or limit abortion. In your mercy close the door. Give the justices wisdom in their voting. May they rule to acknowledge the Congressional right to set a time limit and the right of states to withdraw their support. We praise your name.

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