MRC’s Ken Shepherd was taken aback by Judy Woodruff’s first question to White House Domestic Policy Advisor Claude Allen this afternoon on CNN about frozen embryos: “Let me quickly cite to you what Congressman Castle of Delaware, co-sponsor of the bill says. He says these embryos would be discarded. In other words we’re not talking about using any substance that has or had the potential to be a human being.”

Allen quickly told her she was incorrect: “The President had, uh, 21 kids and 21 families represented here today that were products of frozen embryos…”