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Linda Wertheimer, off camera, asks U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) whether the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion, issues that brought women into politics, both for and against are still at the forefront of women’s issues today? Rep. Ferraro says both are still issues that women care about. Due to the increase of women in the workforce, the increase of single heads of household, and the “feminization of poverty”, women are increasingly looking at the current economic situation and asking how they can help themselves. So, in addition to the E.R.A. and abortion, women are interested in pensions, the Social Security Act, daycare that can help women get back into the workforce, so they can support themselves, and payments regarding child support/alimony. The Women’s Economic Equity Act is the vehicle by which women can begin to deal with these issues.