2024 ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) New York Ballot Initiative? Yes or No? VOTE NO
If voted upon favorably by a majority of New York voters on November 5, 2024 or thereafter, would result in the New York Equal Protection of the Law Resolution (“New York’s Equal Rights Amendment” or “NY’s ERA”) becoming an amendment to the New York State Constitution?
What is A1283 – S108A or the ERA Amendment, and what would it change?
How would this effect us as citizens? First and for most it would replace our rights as parents.
Here’ the link to the ERA Bill language and summary of S108A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S108/amendment/A
No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
4 this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
5 color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed [or], reli-
6 gion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
7 expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare
8 and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or her] their
9 civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or insti-
10 tution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state,
11 pursuant to law.
12 b. Nothing in this section shall invalidate or prevent the adoption of
13 any law, regulation, program, or practice that is designed to prevent or
14 dismantle discrimination on the basis of a characteristic listed in this
15 section, nor shall any characteristic listed in this section be inter-
16 preted to interfere with, limit, or deny the civil rights of any person
17 based upon any other characteristic identified in this section.
