| | Martin David Ginsburg, Justice Ginsberg's husband, died June 27, 2010, at their home in Washington, D.C., due to complications from [[Metastasis|Metastatic Cancer]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/27/husband-supreme-court-justice-ginsburg-dies/?test=latestnews Fox News report on Martin Ginsburg's death]</ref> Despite her numerous health ailments, and calls for her to retire (especially during the Obama administration when the Democrats held the Senate), she refused, saying her work helps her deal with the grief of losing her husband. In 2020, it was reported that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer again, leaving some then to wonder if she may retire soon.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/17/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-been-undergoing-chemotherapy-for-recurrence-of-cancer/] ''Breitbart''. Retrieved July 17th, 2020.</ref> She never did retire and instead passed away while still on the [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], at age 87. | | Martin David Ginsburg, Justice Ginsberg's husband, died June 27, 2010, at their home in Washington, D.C., due to complications from [[Metastasis|Metastatic Cancer]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/27/husband-supreme-court-justice-ginsburg-dies/?test=latestnews Fox News report on Martin Ginsburg's death]</ref> Despite her numerous health ailments, and calls for her to retire (especially during the Obama administration when the Democrats held the Senate), she refused, saying her work helps her deal with the grief of losing her husband. In 2020, it was reported that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer again, leaving some then to wonder if she may retire soon.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/17/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-been-undergoing-chemotherapy-for-recurrence-of-cancer/] ''Breitbart''. Retrieved July 17th, 2020.</ref> She never did retire and instead passed away while still on the [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], at age 87. |
| | In her last year of life, Justice Ginsburg stated that the effort to add the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] should start anew and not try to ignore that the deadline passed for its ratification, as some [[feminist]]s argue. | | In her last year of life, Justice Ginsburg stated that the effort to add the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] should start anew and not try to ignore that the deadline passed for its ratification, as some [[feminist]]s argue. |