American Bar Association (ABA) urges repeal of all breed-specific laws

Posted on August 8, 2012May 31, 2022Categories News

On Monday, August 6, 2012, the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, meeting at the 2012 ABA convention in Chicago, approved a resolution urging “all state, territorial, and local legislative bodies and governmental agencies [. . .] to repeal breed discriminatory or breed specific provisions.” This comprehensive recommendation is accompanied by an extensive report detailing the legion of problems associated with breed specific regulation, including significant questions of due process; waste of government resources[i]; documented failure to produce safer communities[ii]; … Continue reading “American Bar Association (ABA) urges repeal of all breed-specific laws”