Position Statement – 2015 A.3298 / A.2901 / S.3314 / A.3369 Oppose A.3298 This bill would permit an adult adoptee to obtain the adoptee’s original long form birth certificate while permitting a birth parent to request confidentiality. The bill would require that birth parents are made aware of the need to request confidentiality. WBASNY opposes this legislation. First, the adoption ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2015 – A.4319 / S.2765
Position Statement – 2015 A.4319 / S.2765 Child Parent Security Act Support The New York Child Parent Security Act (The Act) will revolutionize the way legal parentage is determined in New York for children conceived through the medical miracle of Third Party Reproduction. Advances in reproductive medicine now provide many of those who could not previously conceive a child with the ability ... Read More
2015 – A.5896 / S.3932
Position Statement – 2015 A.5896 / S.3932 Microbead Free Waters Act Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports S.3932 and the identical A.5896. These bills would add the “Microbead-free Waters Act” to the Environmental Conservation Law. The Act would prohibit the sale of personal cosmetic products that contain plastic microbeads. ... Read More
2015 – A.7645 / S.5678
Position Statement – 2015 A.7645 / S.5678 Maintenance Guidelines Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), supports A.7645/S.5678 which provides for temporary and final maintenance/spousal support guidelines. The Bill additionally provides an advisory schedule for the duration of post-divorce maintenance, eliminates the equitable distribution of enhanced ... Read More
2015 – International Clean Energy Cooperation
Position Statement – 2015 Mitigate Climate Change and Support International Clean Energy Cooperation Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) urges President Obama and the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to implement enhanced national efforts, and support international efforts, to mitigate climate change and decrease global greenhouse gas ... Read More
2015 – S.5190 / A.7221
Position Statement – 2015 S.5190 (Bonacic) / A.7221 (Weinstein) Amendment to Section 237 of the Domestic Relations Law Legal Fees by Pro Se Litigants Support The Women’s Bar of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports S.5190 (Bonacic) / A.7221 (Weinstein), which clarifies Domestic Relations Law § 237 to allow pro se litigants to make an application for legal fees without requiring ... Read More
2015 – S.5548A / A. 7836 / S.4639A / A.6780A
Position Statement – 2015 S.5548A (Hannon) / A. 7836 (Simotas) S.4639A (Krueger) / A.6780A (Simotas) Health Insurance for Pregnant Women Support QUALIFIED SUPPORT: S.5686 (Seward) The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York supports this legislation, as delineated below: Health care during pregnancy is critical to reducing health care costs and improving health outcomes for ... Read More
2015 – S.5686
Position Statement – 2015 S.5686 Health Insurance for Pregnant Women Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York WBASNY), supports S5686 (Seward). In the commercial health insurance market there are limited circumstances when one can enroll in health coverage outside of the traditional open enrollment period. This policy contradicts the clear benefits of early access ... Read More