The case of Equal Means Equal vs. Donald Trump

Just a short follow up on this case since I reported on it last month.

There is more here: https://equalmeansequalupdates.substack.com

There was some fantastic news out of PA as of 4/20/2026. 

Today the PA Commonwealth Court ruled 4-3 that the Equal Rights Amendment of the Pennsylvania Constitution includes Medicaid coverage of abortion care as a “right.”

The PA Law that precluded any Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care was ruled unconstitutional and discriminatory. Governor Shapiro immediately said that a woman’s right to health care should not be based on her income.

The Women’s Law Project has been working this case (Allegheny Health Center v. Dept. of Human Services) for many years. This is a major victory not just here, but for other states, as it is a model case for abortion coverage since the overturning of Roe. The ruling authenticates a woman’s right to bodily “autonomy” under the PA ERA. (This information was shared by Lilly Gioia, PA Affiliate member and NFBPWC Advocacy member.  Thank  you Lilly.)

Driving the Vote for Equality is a 25-state national tour to secure Congressional recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment. We wrote about this at 

length a few months ago.

The event was inspired by  the  1916  suffrage drive of Alice Burke and Nell Richardson. This campaign, led by former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, deploys the restored Golden Flyer II — a replica of their original Saxon roadster — and is driving around the nation with the intent of collecting 1 million petition signatures and demanding that Congress act now. It is an initiative of ERA-NOW.org and Sign4ERA.org.

The ERA has been ratified by 38 states, meeting every constitutional requirement.

Yet it remains unrecognized, because opponents are using an arbitrary 1972 Congressional deadline to block its adoption. Until that barrier is removed and Congress affirms the ERA, women lack the constitutional protection that already exists for men.

Under Article V, this authority belongs to Congress and the states — not the President, not the courts. Constitutional scholars Laurence Tribe of Harvard and Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley confirm that once Congress affirms the ERA, no court can deny its status. Equality must be the law of the land for everyone.

In 1916, with the suffrage movement stalled, Alice Burke and Nell Richardson climbed into a gold Saxon roadster they named the “Golden Flyer” and drove 10,700 miles across 29 states. Backed by the National American Women’s Suffrage Association, they spoke in town squares and rallied crowds from coast to coast with one message: women deserve a voice. Four years later, the 19th Amendment was ratified. Persistence and organizing moved mountains

Please check out the path of the Golden Flyer II as it crosses the USA right now.

Keep on Marching.

Nancy Werner
Advocacy ERA