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1 Statement on Bayh Substitute and Ervin Amendment to the Equal Rights Amendment 1 (1970)

handle is hein.prescomm/bayhsubea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women Washington, D.C. 20210 CHAIRMAN Mrs. Jacqueline G, Gutwillig Arizona October 29, 1970 STATEMIENT ON BAYH SUBSTITUTE AND ERVIN AMEIUENT TO THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMMENIEv1NT The Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women strongly rejects the proposed substitute to the Equal Rights Amendment for the following reasons: 1. The Bayh substitute negates the purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment, which is to guarantee complete legal equality of men and women under the Constitution. 2. The substitute implies that women are presently beyond the scope of the 5th and 14th Amendments. This is not true. 3. The proposed substitute would lend credence to Supreme Court interpretations that sex is a reasonable classification for legal purposes and the very unreasonableness of such a classification has been a major factor in the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment. Women should not be singled out for special treatment in the law under any constitutional test whether it be the test of reasonableness or a compelling and overriding public interest. 4. The substitute would in effect encourage continued discrimi- nation against women in the law by allowing the courts discretion to decide when and where and how women may be treated as second class citizens. 5. The purpose of the substitute as expressed by the chief proponent is unclear. Is it the intent of the chief proponent to extend the restrictive hours and weightlifting laws to men? If so, such would be contrary to Federal court -d--STM-gtMr--qer Title VII of the Civil Rights- Act of 1964. MEMBERS: Miss Virginia R Allan, Michigan; Miss Nola A Allen, Indiana: Dr. Margaret Lor Arrod Nei York Mrs Paul Bethel, Florida, Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair, Illinois: Dr. Rita Ricardo Campbell, California, Mrs. Julia Casterman Cennorl, Georgia, ' sS _ rl J-flie (_u nin ham, Nebraska, Mrs Robert A. Griffin, North Carolina; Miss Maxine R Hacke, Oklahoma; Mrs Charles M, HaineLo aS Mr M ,V K I Minne ota, Iss Margaret J. Mealey, District of Columbia; Miss Hazel Palmer, Missouri Mrs Chapman Revercomb, West Virginia, Representative Patricia Saiki, Hawaii Miss Rachel E Scott, Maryland; Mrs, Daniel H Wasserman, Oio; Mrs. Irene Wischer, Texas * EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Mrs Catrerne East

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