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Anniversary of the Basic Law
(Weis 2024), which ultimately convinced all members of the Parliamentary Council: On January 18, 1949, the motion to include the wording as proposed by Selbert in the Basic Law (Weis 2024; BFSJF 2024) was [...] italics were not yet part of the legal text in 1949; they were added in 1994 (Weis 2024; Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung 2024): (1) All persons shall be equal before the law. (2) Men and women shall have [...] decision” over their wives, as stipulated in family law (BFSFJ 2024). This was overturned by the “Equal Rights Act” (Federal Government 2024), which came into force in July 1958. Now women could decide for …