Larry Collins Stutts (born May 1954) is a member of the

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. He represents the 6th district, which includes Colbert,

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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

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. He later graduated from the College of Medicine at the

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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, 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

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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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