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On the recordApril 29, 1983
The executive summary of the CRS report says that under strict scrutiny the pregnancy classification in the Hyde Amendment would probably be regarded to be a sex classification under the ERA, meaning that if the ERA were to become part of our law, restrictions on abortion would automatically be struck down.
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F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner warned that the ERA could invalidate abortion restrictions.

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