The House Health Care Policy Committee on March 27 passed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban stem cell research in Missouri. HJR 11 sponsored by state Rep. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, seeks to ask voters to undo a constitutional amendment they narrowly approved last year protecting stem cell research.
For weeks, the committee had been deadlocked at 5-5 on the measure. The absence of an opponent at the March 27 committee hearing, however, prompted Chairman Wayne Cooper, R-Camdenton, to unexpectedly bring up the measure. After just a few minutes, Cooper unilaterally shut off discussion and called for a vote. The panel approved the measure 5-0 after four committee members – two Democrats and two Republicans -- walked out in protest.
http://www.house.mo.gov/bills071/bills/hjr11.htm
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