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MA Dissection Choice Bill Hops Back into the Spotlight Momentum builds under new legislature

(Winter 2001)— State Representative Louis Kafka (D-Sharon - see photo) has re-introduced the student dissection choice bill into the MA legislature, and there appears to be very strong support for passage in 2001. When passed, "An Act Relative to the Study of Dissection Alternatives in the Schools" (formerly House Bill 1904) would make Massachusetts the ninth state to protect students' rights of conscience to choose not to dissect animals.

Last year the bill had the bi-partisan support of some 30 legislators, but simply ran out of time due to prolonged budget hearings as the 2000 legislative session wound down. This year, with several new faces emerging on Beacon Hill, the bill has already garnered 40 co-sponsors including the co-chair of the Education Committee Representative Lida Harkins.

NEAVS and its affiliate, ESEC, are again requesting dissection choice supporters, especially parents and students, to contact their legislators and urge passage of the bill as re-introduced by Representative Kafk

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