Hall said he thinks that the Children, Youth and Families Committee chairman, Pat Dougherty, D-St Louis City, has been postponing the hearing on purpose. "These are bills the Democrats don't want to pass, so the chairman worked things out so the bills would die," Hall said.
Rep. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis and chairman of the Children, Youth and Families Committee, Wednesday referred five abortion-restriction bills to a six-member subcommittee with assignment to find a compromise.
Rep. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis and chairman of the House Committee, said the section enabling parents to delegate authority for their children's immunization is still in the bill despite questions of its is necessity.
"Now a days, most kids start their contact with society at an earlier age," said Rep. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis and a sponsor of the legislation. "It's when they're two, three, or four when they go to preschool."