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Surrounded by boisterous supporters, state Sen. Matt Bartle and Rep. Jim Lembke unveiled their proposal Tuesday to reverse last month’s public vote to protect stem-cell research in Missouri.
The two Republican lawmakers said their 46-word amendment would give Missouri voters an unambiguous choice on whether to ban human cloning.
The Nov. 7 vote, they said, showed that Missourians support such a ban. But the initiative’s deceptive wording actually allows humans to be cloned, they said.
"In an open and fair debate, I believe we will prevail," Bartle said. "You shouldn’t need a law degree to understand what you’re voting on."
The new proposal was handed out at a news conference at the Wheeler Downtown Airport. The event had the feel of a campaign rally.
People cheered and applauded frequently. You would never know that these were the same advocates who just six weeks earlier had lost a yearlong campaign to block passage of Amendment 2.
Supporters of stem-cell research called the proposal a slap in the face to nearly 1.1 million voters who supported Amendment 2.
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