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Barring women from practicing law becomes prohibited. [137] Pennsylvania: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of the sex of the individual." [138] [non-primary source needed] United States v.
The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
status of a fetus as a person, with implications for women's rights: Supreme Court of Canada: 1991 Rajender v. University of Minnesota: employment discrimination based on sex: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota: 1980 Reed v. Reed: administrating estates cannot discriminate between sexes: Supreme Court of the United ...
This amendment to the law gave women in the workforce additional rights, recognizing the importance of their work. The law saw single women being entitled to a salary similar to that of her male peers working in the same job. The law had one problem though in that married women still required permission from their husbands to accept a job. [171 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday, and several major cases — involving guns, transgender rights for minors and more — are already on the docket.
Regarding gender, the proposal does not affect parental rights or parents' role in their children's health-care decisions, such as gender-affirming care. [23] [13] It also does not affect the law regarding participation in sports; transgender women have been permitted to participate in women's sports in New York since 2019. [25]
Houston Proposition 1 (2015)—a veto referendum which led to the repealing of an ordinance protecting LGBTQ rights. LGBTQ rights in California; List of former U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions by type; Obergefell v. Hodges—a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case holding that the right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples.
Bills and other proposed laws in the United States either pending or which were never enacted. Legislation proposed in the United States Congress should be diffused to the subcategory, Category:United States proposed federal legislation .