Final answer:
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was not ratified and did not become law in 1982; it fell three states short of the necessary ratifications to be added to the U.S. Constitution, and thus the statement is false. option b is answer
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was ratified and passed into law in 1982 is false. Although the ERA was indeed introduced in every session of Congress since 1923 and aimed to ensure that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex", it did not achieve the necessary ratification from three-fourths (38) of the state legislatures.
The ERA passed Congress in 1972, and a ratification deadline was originally set for March 22, 1979. This deadline was later extended to June 30, 1982, but by that time, the amendment had only been ratified by 35 states, falling short of the required 38.
Furthermore, several states that ratified the ERA subsequently rescinded their ratifications, and the amendment was never added to the U.S. Constitution. Efforts to revive the amendment have continued, including passage of a resolution by the House of Representatives to remove the original deadline and a joint resolution introduced in the Senate, but as of the present day, the ERA has not been ratified into law. option b is answer