New York Already has an Equal Rights Amendment

If Prop 1 is passed it will essentially ERAse women

New York State currently has an Equal Rights Amendment. In fact, it's not broken and it doesn't need to be fixed. It reads:

“No person shall, because of race, color, creed or, religion, be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency  or  subdivision  of  the  state.”

Proposed changes to this language look to state unequivocally that laws and entities cannot discriminate based on the basis of new categories like AGE, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, and REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND AUTONOMY.

This new wording might appear innocuous to the casual reader, and here at The Coalition to Protect Kids-NY, we are all for equal rights.

But once we understand the real-life, legal ramifications of this poorly written one-size-fits-all amendment, you’ll quickly understand just how absurd it is.

What are the Consequences if Prop One Passes?

If entities cannot “discriminate” based on age and gender identity or expression, under the new amendment language, medical providers could be required to facilitate a child’s request to make permanent, life-altering “gender affirming” decisions and they would not need to consult with parents. Additionally, biological males would have a constitutional right to compete in girls' school sports.

Laws that determine the legal age to purchase and/or consume alcohol or cannabis, determine elder abuse and statutory rape could all be weakened because they “discriminate” based on age.

If these poorly written one-size-fits-all additions to the amendment pass, each of these common sense guard rails that protect kids could be deemed unconstitutional under the New York State Constitution. The proposed amendment opens the floodgates for the New York State Government to wield more authority than parents regarding important decisions for their minor children.  

Now that’s crazy.

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