Alabama Obstetrician Turned Lawmaker Withdraws Controversial Bill

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Republican State Senator Larry Stutts got into some hot water this week after an unsettling connection between his past and a bill he proposed came to light. Stutts said Tuesday that he will no longer push legislation to repeal “Rose’s Law.” The 1999 law requires a minimum postpartum hospital stay— unless the woman gives written consent — and certain bloodwork before a woman is discharged from the hospital.

Unbeknownst to Stutts’s cosponsors of the bill, “Rose’s Law” is named for Stutts’ patient Rose Church, who died of a heart attack 10 days after giving birth in 1998. Her widower lobbied for the new care requirements in 1999.

Kyle Whitmire of al.com and the Alabama Media Group joins WBHM’s Rachel Osier Lindley to discuss what happened after this connection was revealed earlier this week.

 

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