N.Y. Ballot Measure Would Enshrine the Left’s Social Revolution in the State Constitution

New York state Democrats are using the political salience of abortion to push for a constitutional amendment that would enshrine a range of legal protections for people who identify as transgender and illegal immigrants.

Proposal 1, otherwise known as the New York Equal Rights Amendment, will be on the statewide ballot this cycle, giving voters the chance to decide on a sweeping expansion of the state constitution’s equal-protection clause that would add a variety of demographic groups and allow progressives to pursue their aims through exhaustive future litigation.

The ballot proposition would add “ethnicity, national origin, age, disability” and “sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy” to the language of section 11 of article I of the New York state constitution.