President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as the 28th Amendment.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land," backing an effort to enshrine the change into the U.S. Constitution more than a century after the guarantee of gender equality was first proposed.

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

President Joe Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, inserting himself into a long-running legal battle over gender equality.

The ERA, which would be the 28th Amendment, began its path to ratification in the 1970s, with progressives waging a pressure campaign on Biden after Virginia became the 38th state to approve it. ‘SQUAD’ DEMOCRATS DEMAND BIDEN ‘TAKE ACTION’ ON EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IN FINAL DAYS According to the American Bar Association,