Our Minnesota state constitution is 167 years old, written the same year as the dreaded Dred Scott decision. It’s showing its age.
There is no equal rights clause in it, though 27 other states have some form of state equal rights amendment embedded in their constitution. Minnesota is unexceptional when it comes to equality. It’s way past time to pass the state Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into our Minnesota Constitution.
The proposed robust Minnesota state Equal Rights Amendment (Senate File 37) provides the strongest possible protections regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, or sex — including but not limited to pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive freedom, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.