I persuaded Representative Alexander Lipsey to re-introduce the bill to allow students the right to do an alternative to dissection if against the student’s beliefs. The exact text of the short bill can be found at http://www.legislature.mi.gov/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2005-HB-4254.
1. Contact your representative. Ask him/her to co-sponsor HB 4254. Please keep the letters very polite. If you had an experience with dissection that you feel would be relevant, please include it in your letter. Elected officials like a personal touch.
Your Representative
PO Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Clerk’s Office: 517-373-0135
2. Contact the House Education Committee where the bill now sits. Please ask them to vote the bill out of committee.
House Education Committee
PO Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
committee@house.mi.gov (put “House Education Committee” in the subject line)
Or, send individual e-mails to the committee members at http://www.house.mi.gov/committeeinfo.asp?lstcommittees=education&submit=Go