Why is this medication prescribed? Prescription omeprazole is used alone or with other medications to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition in which backward flow of acid from the stomach causes heartburn and possible injury of the esophagus (the tube between the throat and stomach).
The most prominent of those activists was Alice Paul, a suffragist and women's rights leader, who first wrote and proposed the amendment in 1923, three years after the passage of the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote in the United States.
The Equal Rights Amendment would require courts to apply the highest level of strict judicial review. As recently as 2010 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia publicly stated that the 14th amendment does not prohibit against sex discrimination. year after the 14th amendmentâs passage, Myra Bradwell tried to apply it to womenâs rights. Bradwell, who graduated law school with honors and had passed the bar, challenged the Supreme Court of Illinoisâ decision prohibiting her from practicing law in the state.