Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

When a state has an equal rights amendment, in the case of reproductive rights, they have found that if a woman is denied access to health care for reproductive rights, including abortion, That it's fundamentally unequal. And so in the cases of Connecticut and New Mexico, women on Medicaid were given access to abortion services because they were denied it.

And they said that was unequal under the law.

And they said that was unequal under the law.

Correct. Because if you have equality, let's just look at Dobbs. Dobbs ruled that women of reproductive years do not have a right to privacy. Red states have then implemented that to say women of reproductive years don't have the right to travel. across state lines to get access to healthcare.

Correct. Because if you have equality, let's just look at Dobbs. Dobbs ruled that women of reproductive years do not have a right to privacy. Red states have then implemented that to say women of reproductive years don't have the right to travel. across state lines to get access to healthcare.

They have decided women of reproductive years don't have a right to have private conversations on their Facebook pages with their mother about seeking abortion services, that women don't have the right to privacy to receive medicine in the mail.

They have decided women of reproductive years don't have a right to have private conversations on their Facebook pages with their mother about seeking abortion services, that women don't have the right to privacy to receive medicine in the mail.

Imagine how men in America would feel if they were told today that they too do not have the right to privacy to cross state lines or to receive medicine in the mail or to have private conversations on social media with their families. They would start a revolution. And so I believe if we had an equal rights amendment, Dobbs would be vitiated.

Imagine how men in America would feel if they were told today that they too do not have the right to privacy to cross state lines or to receive medicine in the mail or to have private conversations on social media with their families. They would start a revolution. And so I believe if we had an equal rights amendment, Dobbs would be vitiated.

Dobbs would no longer count because it is applying a standard to women only based on their gender that they don't have a right to privacy and therefore have no access to the health care that they need.

Dobbs would no longer count because it is applying a standard to women only based on their gender that they don't have a right to privacy and therefore have no access to the health care that they need.

I think it could. It would be a strong legal argument that you are discriminating against women based on our gender and, in this instance, denying us access to life-saving care.

I think it could. It would be a strong legal argument that you are discriminating against women based on our gender and, in this instance, denying us access to life-saving care.

So I started to ask for meetings with President Biden over a year ago. I used every opportunity that I had with the president or with the first lady or with Vice President Harris or with Vice President Harris's husband or with their chiefs of staff or with senior advisors in the administration to make the case that the ERA is valid. And I have argued with his lawyer ad nauseum.

So I started to ask for meetings with President Biden over a year ago. I used every opportunity that I had with the president or with the first lady or with Vice President Harris or with Vice President Harris's husband or with their chiefs of staff or with senior advisors in the administration to make the case that the ERA is valid. And I have argued with his lawyer ad nauseum.

And he disagrees with me. But I think my legal arguments are supported by far more people than support his. My arguments supported by the ABA.

And he disagrees with me. But I think my legal arguments are supported by far more people than support his. My arguments supported by the ABA.

And my arguments supported by a numbers of attorneys general from dozens of states. And the weight of the law is on our side.

And my arguments supported by a numbers of attorneys general from dozens of states. And the weight of the law is on our side.

No, I have not gotten the meeting yet. I'm still asking for the meeting. Mr. President, I would like to meet with you for five minutes. I would like to make my best case to you.