The Equal Rights Amendment was meant to guarantee protection to women. After Congress passed it 1972, the states failed to ratify it. Now the ERA needs one more state to become law. Could it be Utah? If you think the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal rights to women, think again. The Constitution doesn’t even mention women. The Equal Rights Amendment was supposed to fix all that. But after Congress passed the ERA in the early 70s, it fell short of the 38 states needed for ratification. And the