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GCSE History · key term
The Equal Rights Amendment: a proposed change to the US Constitution prohibiting the denial of equal rights on grounds of sex.
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Paper 1
Revise: America and the ‘Great Society'Phyllis Schlafly led the STOP ERA campaign: ‘Stop Taking Our Privileges’. Supporters argued that the amendment threatened protections and traditional roles that they valued. They feared consequences such as women being required to serve in the army, increased abortion, same-sex marriage and unisex bathrooms.
Keep the three 1972–73 developments separate: Eisenstadt v Baird concerned contraception, the ERA proposed constitutional equality, and Roe v Wade concerned abortion.
Explain opposition through the fears and arguments of STOP ERA supporters, rather than presenting their predictions as consequences that actually occurred.
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