City Bar Co-Sponsored Resolution Supporting Implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment Adopted by the American Bar Association House of Delegates

By acclamation, and without opposition, on August 6 the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted Resolution 601, which urges federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to support implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution in accordance with Article V of the Constitution; and urges all bar associations and the legal community as a whole to support implementation of the ERA.

The New York City Bar Association was one of five sponsors of the Resolution, and the only non-ABA sponsor.

“The United States legal community must use its voice in support and defense of women’s rights, and this Resolution by the American Bar Association is a strong step towards women’s rights being enshrined in the highest law of the land,” said City Bar President Muhammad U. Faridi.

“This is an important step in Constitutionalizing the protection of women’s rights,” said Judge Delissa Ridgway, a principal co-author of the Resolution and accompanying report. “Because the ABA’s existing resolutions focused on urging state ratification, the ABA has been unable to speak on the ERA for the past four years. With this Resolution, that muzzle is gone,” she said.

Read ABA Resolution 601 and the accompanying report here: https://bit.ly/3WziJVv