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March 12, 2025 by Minnesota NOW

Can an Equal Rights Amendment That’s ‘Not Your Grandmother’s ERA’ Pass a Tied Minnesota House?

By Peter Callaghan, covers state government for MinnPost
From MinnPost.com

DFLers didn’t get an ERA passed when they had a trifecta, but some Republicans say they would support a version that doesn’t include abortion rights.

For two straight sessions, backers of placing an equal rights amendment in the Minnesota Constitution were minutes away from a victory they’d been seeking for more than two decades.

Amendments had passed one house — the state Senate in 2023, the House in 2024 — and needed only a vote in the other to send the amendment to voters.

They didn’t get it.

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