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An [[Equal Rights Amendment]] was proposed in the US in 1972, but was not ratified. Opponents of the amendment cited the following consequences: making girls subject to the military draft; the integration of single-sex schools; the possible recognition of homosexual marriage; and the revocation of laws that protect women in dangerous jobs, like factory or mining work.

An [[Equal Rights Amendment]] was proposed in the US in 1972, but was not ratified. Opponents of the amendment cited the following consequences: making girls subject to the military draft; the integration of single-sex schools; the possible recognition of homosexual marriage; and the revocation of laws that protect women in dangerous jobs, like factory or mining work.

The feminist movement in the West evolved in the 1980s with the rise of [[Post-Feminism]] which stresses that women have many rights that go unrecognized in everyday life, often by women themselves, and in the American legal structure. The feminist movement also claims that women have the right to certain choices, one of which is [[abortion]], an issue the feminists are so vehement about defending that political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] coined the term "Femi-nazis" to refer to them. As of April 2007, women in the US have the right to abortion in all cases, and according to a recent poll, 16% of the American public favor the retention of this right unconditionally, while a further 39% favor its retention in most cases. 62% of adults polled in another poll would favor retaining the rights established in the case of ''[[Roe v Wade]]'' .<ref>http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm</ref>

The feminist movement in the West evolved in the 1980s with the rise of [[Post-Feminism]] which stresses that women have many rights that go unrecognized in everyday life, often by women themselves, and in the American legal structure. The feminist movement also claims that women have the right to certain choices, one of which is [[abortion]], an issue the feminists are so vehement about defending that political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] coined the term "Femi-nazis" to refer to them. As of April 2007, women in the US have the right to abortion in all cases, and according to a recent poll, 16% of the American public favor the retention of this right.<ref>http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm</ref>