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Liveblogging: Hatch Opens With Common Error

Senator Hatch opened the stem-cell debate this morning with two errors, one of which ranked number 9 in last year’s Congress’ Top 10 Stem-Cell Flubs. There are 400,000 embryos right now in the US leftover from fertility treatments that are currently sitting frozen in liquid nitrogen in storage. … The moms and dads have already […]

Senator Hatch opened the stem-cell debate this morning with two errors, one of which ranked number 9 in last year's Congress' Top 10 Stem-Cell Flubs.

There are 400,000 embryos right now in the US leftover from fertility treatments that are currently sitting frozen in liquid nitrogen in storage. ... The moms and dads have already had all the children they want. They no longer need anymore of their embryos.

Some 88.2 percent of those embryos are actually designated for further family planning, which contradicts his quote.