Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led a coalition of fellow legislators and advocates on Tuesday in calling on President Biden to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends in January.

Citing the incoming Trump administration and soon-to-be GOP controlled House and Senate, Bush said “lives are on the line” if the ERA is not passed.

“The publication of the Equal Rights Amendment may be long overdue, but the stakes for gender equality have never been higher,” the outgoing lawmaker said from outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

She also pointed to the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for a case that could unilaterally ban gender affirming care for transgender minors as well as the ongoing abortion bans across the nation.

“Our bodies, our rights, our lives are on the line,” Bush said. “While progress has been made in enacting laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex, equal rights are still not constitutionally protected.”

She added that with the GOP's full control of government next year, this could be Democrats’ only chance for the next four years to see the ERA finally enacted.

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