1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

Women's and queer rights are under unprecedented assault. The incoming Trump administration is responsible for the reversal of Roe v. Wade, women have been jailed for miscarriages under laws meant to punish domestic violence, and an extremist Supreme Court is poised to rule on trans healthcare, in a ruling expected to again affirm that the current Constitution has no protections against sex discrimination. Three states have just sued to block mifepristone access by stating the *state* is *harmed* when women are free to not have children because it slows population growth. As if their women constituents don't count as part of their state's interests, but instead exist to serve them. In this climate we need explicit protections in the Constitution against sex discrimination now more than ever . We need the Equal Rights Amendment. There are several paths this could take, as you know, but what matters is that it is in the Constitution before Trump takes office. Please take every step available to you to ensure that happens. Thank you.