Quote du Jour: Orrin Hatch on Stem Cell Research Opponents

For the life of me -- I've said many times -- how can we justify; how can those who feel the other way about this, and they're very sincere, decent people -- how can they justify the destruction of 7,000 to 20,000 in vitro fertilized eggs a year as hospital waste and not utilize those for the benefit of -- let's just choose one malady -- children with diabetes, virulent diabetes?

They're going to lose their sight, their fingers, their toes and so forth, over time. It seems to me that's a no-brainer. But the fact of the matter is, is that they have never come up with an answer to that particular remark.

How can they justify that?

I don't think they can.

-- Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) at a news conference following Wednesday's vote on stem cell legislation