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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama GOP Sen. Stutts Becomes Pariah (Opinion)-blamed Obamacare Betrayed collegues
I dont' know if this was posted but Maddow reported on it last night. Sate Sen Stutts was the attending doctor when the women died
http://alreporter.com/editorials-2/latest-editorial/7514-stutts-becomes-pariah-opinion.html
Stutts Becomes Pariah (Opinion)
31 Mar 2015
By Bill Britt
Alabama Political Reporter
Newly-minted State Senator Dr. Larry Stutts (R-Sheffield) a OB/GYN wants to keep the government out of the exam room, especially when it comes to the field of women's health; an area in which he would seem to be qualified.
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Roses Law gives women a legal right to remain in the hospital for 48 hours after a normal live birth and 96 hours if the birth presents a complication.
Stutts wants to do away with this law named after his patient but he kept his relationship with the Church family a secret from his Senate colleagues.
In the Senate, as in all relationships between equals, trust is the bond of cohesion. Stutts broke that bond when he failed to fully disclose the death of Rose Church and his plan to repeal of her namesake law.
Stutts, by his own actions, has become a pariah. In an ocean of sharks, he cannot hope to survive. Having betrayed six of his Senate colleagues, he had squandered the single most valuable asset a member can possess.......
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Alabama GOP Sen. Stutts Becomes Pariah (Opinion)-blamed Obamacare Betrayed collegues (Original Post)
riversedge
Apr 2015
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He did not tell them that he was the atttending doctor that the Rose's Law was named after.
riversedge
Apr 2015
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randome
(34,845 posts)1. He betrayed them by forcing them to vote for a stupid bill?
I get the point, though. There must be an unwritten rule that batshit crazy laws should be concocted as a group.
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riversedge
(70,299 posts)4. He did not tell them that he was the atttending doctor that the Rose's Law was named after.
It took me a bit to connect the dots on this one also.
randome
(34,845 posts)7. I remember it from a previous post on this. It's still a stupid law, no matter who it benefits.
His colleagues are upset because it makes them look bad politically, though, not because the bill is an egregious affront to medical care.
Hypocrites, all.
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PCIntern
(25,583 posts)2. A Hell of a story
Sounds like script for a TV movie except no one would buy this as a fictional premise. Almost surreal.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)3. Rachel had great coverage of this last night.
I'm so happy the poor woman's husband notified the press when this douche bag proposed the elimination of the law.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)5. Yes. things fell into place once that happened
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)6. Breathtaking Scumbaggery
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)8. Indeed.....what a miserable example of humanity. nt
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)9. This GOP idiot is truly evil
Rachel Maddow did a great job on this idiot last night