What was the text of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), passed by Congress in 1972 and eventually ratified by thirty-five states?
a. "Congress shall pass no law restricting the equal right of privacy in marital relations or reproduction."
b. "The equal rights of unborn citizens of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment shall not be abridged."
c. "Equal access to the courts of the United States and any state shall not be abridged on account of race, gender, or physical handicap."
d. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on the basis of sex."
e. "Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed by the courts or any state to prohibit the guarantee of equal pay for equal work to women."
d
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A) Libya. B) Israel. C) Egypt. D) Britain. E) France.
What was the significance of the invention of the heavy plow for European economy?
What will be an ideal response?