Representative Stacey Newman is one of several Democrats to oppose the bill. Newman's family recently made the decision to keep a child with developmental problems. She says the decision should be kept personal.
"Our disabilities may be invisible, but they are no less debilitating than visible disabilities," Peacock said.The bill sponsor, Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis County, said the bill has a long way to go, but remains hopeful it will be attached to an omnibus bill among other pieces of disability rights legislation.
Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis County, related a similar story about a grandchild with developmental problems but argued that the decision to keep a child is a personal matter. It should not be in the hands of government, she said.
"The House Special Standing Committee on Disability Services heard the bill, sponsored by Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis County, which will extend the right to use service animals in places where the public is invited currently afforded only to those with physical, visual, and hearing disabilities, to those with mental disabilities as well.
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