Though during the hearing, bill sponsor, Rep. Jeanette Oxford, D-St. Louis City referred to emergency contraceptive as "Plan B," the type of contraceptive which will be offered by hospitals is not clearly stated in the bill. Oxford said she hopes the bill can evolve to clarify which specific type of contraceptive would be used.
The proposed change in House rules to ban office smoking was sponsored by Rep. Jeanette Oxford, D-St. Louis. She said that if her amendment had passed, she hoped the House would advocate the same policy in the Senate. The House defeated Oxford’s amendment 113-45.
Rep. Jeanette Oxford (D-St. Louis), an opponent of the bill, said the it is "abusive of welfare recipients" and questions whether state workers could fairly determine which welfare recipients are suspicious of drug use.
Rep. Jeanette Oxford (D-St. Louis), an opponent of the bill, said the it is "abusive of welfare recipients" and questions whether state workers could fairly determine which welfare recipients are suspicious of drug use.
Rep. Jeanette Oxford, D-St. Louis, was one of the few to vote against it. Oxford criticized her colleagues for voting for the bill. She said, "If we'll go back to our districts and we'll work with our constituents to help them understand that we're doing here is protecting the constitution when we vote no, our constituents are grown-ups and they'll understand that." oxford urged her lawmakers to protect free speech, even if it is unpopular.
St. Louis Democratic Representative Jeanette Oxford, who proposed the bill, says the decision "should never have come down to a partisan thing. The issue of secondhand smoke is a bipartisan issue. There are no democratic lungs and republican lungs. We all deserve the right to breathe safe, clean air."
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