March is Women’s Month — a time to celebrate the people who’ve worked for generations to bring us closer to true equality. So first, a huge shout-out to our friends and allies with the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Coalition, who are still leading the way to making equal rights a real part of our Constitution.
Here’s something that might surprise you: women still don’t have guaranteed equal rights under the Constitution. And you’re not alone if that’s news — 76% of people in the U.S. think we already do, and 97% agree we should.
The ERA (the 28th Amendment) was first approved by Congress in 1972 and needed 38 states to ratify it. It took longer than expected, but thanks to Nevada (2017), Illinois (2018), and Virginia (2020), that 38-state milestone has finally been reached. Now, we just need Congress to stop dragging their feet and remove an outdated deadline so equality can officially become the law of the land.
This matters more than ever
When the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision ended federal protections for women’s right to bodily autonomy, state after state moved to restrict reproductive freedom. It’s crystal clear: without constitutional equality, the rights of women and gender-diverse people will always be vulnerable to whoever holds power in the moment.
Real equality shouldn’t depend on shifting courts or changing politics — it should be a permanent guarantee.
That’s why the movement for the ERA connects directly to our democracy and human rights movement at Move to Amend. Because while women are still waiting for equal constitutional rights, corporations have had them for nearly 140 years — thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in 1886 that made “corporate personhood” a thing.
Those corporate “rights” are now used to block environmental laws, exploit workers, and pour dark money into elections. In other words, these artificial entities have more legal power than most real people.
While women and marginalized communities are still waiting for equality, corporations have enjoyed constitutional rights - rights granted by judges, not by the people and they have used those privileges to influence laws, weaken regulations, and amplify their voices in ways that drown out the rest of us.
That’s why Move to Amend is working to pass HJR54, the We the People Amendment, a “29th” Amendment to the US Constitution which would make it clear that:
- Only human beings have constitutional rights
- Money is not the same thing as speech
- Put human rights and democracy where they belong: in the hands of real people- not profit-driven entities
Let’s keep building this movement
Both the ERA and the We the People Amendment are about the same basic principle: fairness. Everyone deserves equal protection under the law, and every person’s voice deserves to count.
This Women’s Month, you can:
➡ Support the ERA effort: fundforwomensequality.org
➡ Help strengthen democracy: Become a sustaining donor and help us keep building the movement to pass HJR54 and end corporate rule for good. https://www.movetoamend.org/donate_2026
When we stand together — across movements, identities, and generations — we remind our leaders what democracy should look like: one that includes all of us.
It’s time to make equality and democracy real — not just slogans. Women, the planet, and future generations deserve better than corporate “persons” deciding our fate.
Let’s finish what generations of women began a century ago — and make the promise of “We the People” mean all people.
In solidarity and action,
Jennie, Alfonso, Katie, Tara, Jessica, Kelsey, Greg, Cole, Keyan and Daniel
Move to Amend National Team
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