Law Wars

CAN THE A.B.A. DECLARE INDEPENDENCE?

DURING a heated debate at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Chicago last August, a pro-choice attorney said something quite remarkable in her plea for a neutral stand on abortion. “The ABA should not become just another political lobby—God knows the American public has enough of them already,” Nancy Iredale told the House of Delegates, the body that dictates official policy for the ABA’s 360,000 members.

RE

About the Author

Robert Stowe England

CAN THE A.B.A. DECLARE INDEPENDENCE?

DURING a heated debate at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Chicago last August, a pro-choice attorney said something quite remarkable in her plea for a neutral stand on abortion. “The ABA should not become just another political lobby—God knows the American public has enough of them already,” Nancy Iredale told the House of Delegates, the body that dictates official policy for the ABA’s 360,000 members.