Women of the House

ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO HEAR SUPPORT FOR THE ERA DIRECTLY FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS!!!  

We have bipartisan support for the ERA resolution in the Senate. We need to build it with the Women of the House. Equality of rights under the law should not be a partisan issue. 

Women of the House Scorecard!!!

We specifically need support from these representatives:  Anne Thayer (D9), R. Raye Felder (D26), Ashley Trantham (D28), Merita Allison (D36), Heather Ammons Crawford (D68), Melissa Lackey Oremus (D84), Paula Rawl Calhoon (D87), Lin Bennet (D114) and Shannon Erickson (D124). If your legislator is listed, send them the copy below.

House Joint Resolution H 3258, filed by Representatives Gilda Cobb-Hunter and Spencer Wetmore, is currently in the House Judiciary Committee waiting assignment to a subcommittee. When emailing, the copy below can be cut and pasted directly into the House email forms.

The Subject line for all emails should be:  Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment —​ H 3258

ACTION ALERT#1:  CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE; THEN SEND A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL.
     Click the link needed:  Check ERA Status;  calling tips;  Representative email form.
Suggested call and email message:
I am a constituent and I’m asking you to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment resolution currently in the House Judiciary Committee. As a woman in the South Carolina House, I hope you will voice your support for the 51% of our state's population who are women. We need equal justice under law within the United States Constitution. Please sign on as a sponsor of H 3258 today!

Add the following to the email: 
Following is a video of Senator Tom Davis’ testimony at a Senate subcommittee hearing in March of 2020 explaining why we need the ERA. Please take two minutes to listen to it. He makes our case. Thank you!
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzGOQGbpvyAPQNwPSAT4OvWPwpcMMeeP/view
ACTION ALERT #2:  EMAIL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.  
     This mass email will reach all members of the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary email form.
Suggested copy:
I have contacted my representative, ________________________, and ask that she support the Equal Rights Amendment on behalf of the 51% of South Carolina's population of which we are both members. I am writing to you as a member of the Judiciary Committee to ask you to sponsor ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment resolution currently in your committee (H 3258). Women in South Carolina need equal justice under law within our Constitution. 

Following is a video of Senator Tom Davis’ testimony at a Senate subcommittee hearing in March of 2020 explaining why we need the ERA. Please take two minutes to listen to it. He makes our case. 
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzGOQGbpvyAPQNwPSAT4OvWPwpcMMeeP/view

 Please sign on as a sponsor of H 3258 today. Thank you!