Position Statement – 2012 A.06992 No-Fault Domestic Violence Exemption Bill Oppose The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) opposes A.06992 which would amend the Domestic Relations Law, in relation to requiring that victims of domestic violence must accede to a no-fault divorce. WBASNY is opposed to the No-Fault DV Exemption Bill. This bill may have serious ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2012 – A.10370 / S.7267
Position Statement – 2012 A.10370 / S.7267 Aggravated Public Lewdness Support Current Public Lewdness laws provide little protection to the most common victims of Public Lewdness and sexual aggression: women and children. A person commits Public Lewdness when: 1) publically engaging in any lewd act, including intentional public exposure of the private parts of the body, or; 2) when engaging ... Read More
2012 – S.323 / A.1008 (Revised)
Position Statement – 2012 S.323 / A.1008 (Revised) Prohibits Possession of Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution Support Currently, possession of any number of condoms may be introduced as evidence of prostitution. It does not promote public health and welfare if the law discourages prostitutes from carrying condoms. The mere act of carrying or otherwise possessing condoms should not, in whole ... Read More
2012 – S.323 / A.1008
Position Statement – 2012 S.323 / A.1008 Prohibits Possession of Certain Condoms as Evidence Support Currently, possession of condoms may be introduced as evidence of prostitution. It does not promote public health and welfare if the law discourages prostitutes from carrying condoms. The mere act of carrying or otherwise possessing condoms should not, in whole or in part, expose the ... Read More
2012 – S.1031B / A.3387B
Position Statement – 2012 S.1031B / A.3387B Allow Victims of Domestic Violence to Utilize Alternate Contact Information for Health Insurance-Related Correspondence Support New York has previously enacted insurance-related address confidentiality and disclosure protections for victims of intimate partner abuse and violence. While such legislation has provided critical relief to certain ... Read More
2012 – S.5014A / A.8389
Position Statement – 2012 S.5014A (DeFrancisco) / A.8389 (Lavine) Health Care Proxy Reform Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports legislation to expand the authority of a health care agent in the situation when the principal is outside of a hospital, mental hygiene facility or residential health care facility and is in an ... Read More
2012 – S.6273 / A.9114
Position Statement – 2012 S.6273 / A.9114 Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnancy in New York Support Current employment laws are inadequate to protect pregnant New Yorkers on the job. Under New York Law, employers are not required to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant women unless they have a pregnancy related disability. As a result, pregnant women in New York State are often ... Read More
2011 – A.8354
Position Statement – 2011 A.8354 Marriage Equality Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports legislation that would amend the Domestic Relations Law (the “DRL”) to formally recognize marriages without regard to whether the parties are of the same or opposite sex. WBASNY firmly believes that any two mutually consenting ... Read More