Lindsay Clancy rallies spark 'repeal the 19th Amendment' calls: What it means

Supporters of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother on trial for killing her three children in 2023, rallied outside court this week, prompting online calls to "repeal the 19th Amendment." The amendment, ratified in 1920, guarantees voting rights regardless of sex. Roughly 300 people, many in pink, gathered at Plymouth Superior Court to show support, with Clancy's defense arguing severe mental illness absolves her of criminal responsibility. Prosecutors contend the killings were intentional. Critics on social media used the repeal slogan to oppose the rallies. Clancy admitted to strangling her children in January 2023 and attempting suicide, leaving her paralyzed. Her trial began in late July 2026; she faces life in prison if convicted, or commitment to a mental facility if found not criminally responsible.