Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting Women’s Rights
Only one party has a specific plan to ensure the rights of women, over half our population, is codified in law. This plan includes finally passing the #ERA 1/8 #ERANow

#Democrats will fight to guarantee equal rights for women, including by ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and at long last enshrining gender equality in the U.S. Constitution. 2/8 #DemPartyPlatform #ERA #ERANOW

#Democrats will take aggressive action to end pay inequality, including by increasing penalties against companies that discriminate against women and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act. 3/8 #DemPartyPlatform #EqualPay

#Democrats are committed to ending sexual assault, domestic abuse, and other violence against women, including the epidemics of violence against Native American women and transgender women of color.4/8 #DemPartyPlatform #VAWA

Like the majority of Americans, #Democrats believe every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. 5/8 #DemPartyPlatform #reproductiverights

#Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to women’s reproductive health and rights, including by repealing the Hyde Amendment and protecting and codifying the right to reproductive freedom. 6/8 #DemPartyPlatform #HydeAmendment

And #Democrats will take action to protect the rights of pregnant women in the workplace, 7/8 #DemPartyPlatform #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

#Democrats will require employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant and breastfeeding workers & those who have recently given birth/at last joining other advanced economies by enacting paid sick days and universal paid family and medical leave. 8/8 #DemPartyPlatform