The subject report is divided into the following parts:

Part I -- Effect of ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on laws designed to provide protection for the health and safety of women.

Part II -- Effect of ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on laws designed to protect the financial well-being of women.

Part III -- Effect of ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on laws which recognize the special role of women as mothers and homemakers.

Part IV -- Effect of ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on the criminal law of Virginia and on military law affecting Virginians.

The four parts of the report are generally in accord with the four points of inquiry suggested by Senate Joint Resolution No. 134, dated February 23, 1973. However, since the Resolution directed the Privileges and Elections Committees of both the Senate and the House of Delegates to conduct a study on all aspects of ratification, the Task Force broadened its study to include within Part IV, the effects of ratification on the criminal law of Virginia, as well as on Federal military law as it affects Virginians. Furthermore, included in Part IV, is a discussion of the question whether the Equal Rights Amendment will subject sexual classifications in statutes to "strict scrutiny" or whether it will be read to impose a more "absolute prohibition" on sexual classifications.