Orrin Hatch: “Well, the Senator is right. He is a very serious practicing Catholic. He despises Roe v. Wade. He makes very strong and…”

“Well, the Senator is right. He is a very serious practicing Catholic. He despises Roe v. Wade. He makes very strong and principled arguments against it. He did not mince any words when he was asked, Did you call it an abomination? And he said: Yes, I did, sir. When they asked why, he said he called it an abomination because, words to the effect, he believes that it led to the deaths of millions of unborn children. Yet when it came down to enforcing the law on partial-birth abortion, that he despises, he enforced the law, and he directed his prosecutors in the State to do likewise. I do not know whether we can find any better people than that. There are a lot of politicians who have been attorneys general who I do not think would have done that in the face of their personal beliefs, but he did because he is dedicated to the law. He knows if one does not uphold the law, even if they disagree with it, it would not be long until we would not have any laws. The Constitution would go itself, and he understands that. He is a brilliant man, graduated magna cum laude from Tulane, which is a fine law school, and was editor in chief of the Law Review, something that very few people have the privilege of doing, and that is because he was one of the best students in his class. Frankly, he has more than shown an aptitude to the law and an ability to follow the law.”