Everyone knows that laws are created to protect the rights of citizens and their property. Laws are enforced by many hierarchies of government, stemming from local towns, counties, states, and leading up to the federal level. Because the same issues are not necessarily applicable to every state, not all laws are universal, but some of them should be. While it makes sense that traffic laws are completely different from state to state, why are abortion laws and breast-feeding laws not established as federal universalities? Why is it that only twelve states exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty when the workload of a full time mother (assuming she doesn’t have an additional career of her own) is usually greater than that of a typical CEO? Why does the ERA fail to pass time and time again? Something needs to be done about the inconsistencies regarding women’s law.
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Expanding the Reach of Women’s Laws
Monday, April 12th, 2010Women’s Rights in 21st Century America
Monday, April 12th, 2010Sadly, there are still many issues regarding women’s rights that plague our nation to this day. Living as a woman in America, I am more than frustrated at the less than active effort in preventing male favoritism in the work force, the government, and the home. Although laws have been passed along the way to protect women in specific circumstances, no preventative laws have been passed to protect the rights of women. And, annoyingly, the laws that have passed based on courtroom decisions are frequently overthrown, i.e. Roe vs. Wade.