There is some talk about whether Kansas should consider a constitutional amendment to protect stem-cell research, as Missouri voters approved last week. Don’t bother. Unlike in Missouri, a constitutional amendment in Kansas has to receive two-thirds approval in the Legislature — and that’s not going to happen.
Rather than passing yet another amendment to our constitution, voters should make clear to the Legislature that they don’t want undue restrictions on stem-cell research. A poll commissioned last year by the Kansas Coalition for Lifesaving Cures found that 79 percent of voters agreed the state policy should be that “any stem-cell research, therapies or cures that are permitted by federal law should be allowed in Kansas — provided that such activities are conducted ethically and safely and do not involve human cloning to create babies.”
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
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