From Law360
The American Bar Association's policymaking body has recommended against including nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment, and for legislation to be enacted that protects patients' access to "gender-affirming care."
Governments should enact laws blocking settlements that limit employees' ability to reveal harassment or discrimination in the workplace, while healthcare professionals should receive protection when providing gender-affirming care such as puberty-blocking medications, psychological treatment and hormone therapy, according to the resolutions adopted Monday by the ABA's House of Delegates.
"This resolution would allow the ABA to voice the importance of protecting access to gender-affirming care while condemning dangerous threats made against healthcare providers and their patients," the resolution reads.
The House of Delegates on Monday also adopted a resolution urging Congress to create and fund a national human rights institution, and it asks President Joe Biden to gather experts to help congressional leaders put the effort together by making recommendations for the new organization and how to fund it. The association's policymaking body also adopted a resolution that opposes legislation that either requires or allows for displaying the Ten Commandments in schools.
Other actions by the House of Delegates included approving resolutions that call for governments to adopt regulations and to enact laws that would both support private practices and programs that help ease the costs of medically necessary care for patients, and increase access to confidential prenatal and postpartum care for communities such as those that face greater odds of maternal mortality.
"The ABA should continue its proud history of supporting legislation and policies that support access to and decision-making in healthcare," reads the prenatal resolution.
What the actual fuck? How does this advance the interests of practicing lawyers in the United States? Also, who would possibly care what the ABA thinks regarding these issues? At this point, you couldn't pay me to be associated with this organization.
