Larry Collins Stutts (born May 1954) is a member of the Alabama State Senate. He represents the 6th district, which includes Colbert, Franklin, and parts of Marion, Lawrence, and Lauderdale Counties. He was first elected in 2014, beating incumbent Roger Bedford Jr.

Biography

Before entering politics, Stutts graduated veterinary school in 1979 and moved to

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to practice. He soon moved back to his hometown of Cherokee, Alabama. He later graduated from the College of Medicine at the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

and began to practice obstetrics and gynecology. He has delivered over ten thousand babies.

Political career

Stutts, a Republican, campaigned against incumbent Senator

Roger Bedford Roger Hugh Bedford Jr. (born July 2, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician from Alabama. He is a former Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, where he represented the 6th District from 1994–2014. He previously served from 1982 to 1990 ...

, a Democrat, on a platform to repeal "Obamacare-style" regulations in Alabama. Following a recount, Stutts won by a margin of about 70 votes. In 2015, Stutts introduced a bill to repeal two laws, the first relating to notifying patients of dense breast tissue following a mammogram and the second requiring insurance companies to provide mandatory minimum hospitalization time following a woman giving birth, 48 hours for vaginal delivery and 96 hours for cesarean section. This second law, commonly referred to as Rose's Law, was unanimously passed by the Alabama Legislature following the 1998 death of Rose Church ten days after she had given birth while attended by Stutts. The attempted appeal of Rose's Law made national news following disclosure that Church had been Stutts' patient at the time of her death. Stutts withdrew the bill from consideration, stating "neither the bill nor today's decision is related to any patient case I have had during my medical career." In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest.

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