ERA is Still the Way
Much progress has been made in the field of sex discrimination, yet it is clear, even to those who have not studied the topic, that there are still unresolved issues of inequality. To those involved in the women’s movement the problems that remain stand out glaringly against the great amount of progress that has been made. While women have gained access to many areas from which they were once excluded, there are still ways in which women are treated unequally.
One of the most persistent forms of sex discrimination is based on women’s biological ability to bear children. This characteristic has been used to disadvantage women throughout history. Our society has failed to treat pregnancy as what it is: a medical condition occurring only in women. This results in many forms of sex discrimination, including the denial of funding for medically necessary abortions, and the exclusion of pregnancy from medical coverage. The unequal treatment of pregnancy prevents women from achieving all they can and keeps them in a secondary position in society.
