Elise Bouc https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:14:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Elise Bouc https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: The Consequences of Implementing the ERA https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/spotlight-the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:00:18 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8962 Written by John Biver

Monte Larrick recently caught up with Elise Bouc, the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. They discuss the push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United State’s Constitution, only requiring two more states to approve it before it becomes a federal amendment.

Background

When the ERA was stopped back in the 1970s, people understood that the wording of the Amendment was flawed, Bouc explains, and we need to remove the discussion of “equal opportunities” for women from this poorly worded proposal.… Continue Reading

]]> 8962 The Consequences of Implementing the ERA (Illinois Family Spotlight #090) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era-illinois-family-spotlight-090/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:00:04 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=8952 Monte Larrick recently caught up with Elise Bouc, the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. They discuss the push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United State’s Constitution, only requiring two more states to approve it before it becomes a federal amendment.

Please contact your state representative and ask him or her to please vote NO on the Equal Rights Amendment.

When the ERA was stopped back in the 1970s, people understood that the wording of the Amendment was flawed, Bouc explains, and we need to separate the discussion of “equal opportunities” for women from this proposal.… Continue Reading

]]> 8952 Pro-Life Groups Withdraw Support from Republican Senators that Supported the ERA https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/pro-life-leaders-withdraw-support-from-pro-life-state-senators-that-supported-the-era/ Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:00:31 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8945 Written by John Biver

The leaders of six pro-life organizations issued a public statement on Friday criticizing the 8 Republican state senators who joined the Democrats this past week to pass the “Equal Rights” Amendment (ERA).

In the letter, the pro-life leaders mention that left-wing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has admitted that the “intended scope of the ERA is to greatly increase the scrutiny of pro-life legislation.”

A vote for the ERA is a vote for overturning abortion restrictions and enshrining abortion rights in the U.S.… Continue Reading

]]> 8945 SPOTLIGHT: The Equal Rights Amendment is a War on Women https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/spotlight-the-era-is-a-war-on-women/ Tue, 16 May 2017 11:00:33 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7560 Written by Benjamin Smith

Elise Bouc is the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. She joins Monte and Dave on this week’s podcast to discuss the extensive negative consequences of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the state of Illinois and the nation.

Phyllis Schlafly, Beverly LaHaye, and former state representative Penny Pullen were champions of battling and exposing the ERA because of the harm to women. And one unlikely woman confirmed their grave concerns.… Continue Reading

]]> 7560 The ERA is a War on Women (Spotlight #040) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-era-is-a-war-on-women-spotlight-040/ Tue, 16 May 2017 05:15:07 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=7555 Elise Bouc is the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. She joins Monte and Dave to discuss the extensive negative consequences of the ERA in the state of Illinois and the nation. The ERA has been around since the 1920’s and more recently in the 1970’s till now has been fought by people like Phyllis Schlafly, and Penny Pullen.

Take action!

Call your state representative and senator and ask them to oppose the ERA in Illinois, call (217) 782-2000.… Continue Reading

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