Madeleine Dean actually said...

"This will just grant unfettered rights to abortion, I think it is, obviously, a specious argument, a false argument."

"wouldn't the ERA actually help us--wouldn't it actually tamp down the false lousy legislative proposals that we see session after session in many of our state legislatures that are, clearly, anti-abor..."

"It is necessary, it is essential, and it is not just symbolic but let me say symbols are important."

"But it is no reason not to adopt the ERA now."