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Always To The Right on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:40:44 PM
Melinda Henneberger looks at the threat the Freedom of Choice Act poses
to Catholic health-care centers that want no part of abortion, and concludes
that the legislation would probably strip them of their opt-out for
conscience. Henneberger believes that the bishops mean exactly what
they say when warning that they will close the doors on every facility
rather than be forced to perform abortions — and wonders how the Obama
administration plans to replace a third of all hospitals in the nation?
Would Congress pass FOCA? If the Republicans hold onto their seats in
Minnesota and Georgia, they’ll have enough Senators to filibuster it,
but Henneberger wonders if Obama would have enough votes to pass the
bill on straight majorities. Once the bill’s sweeping nature becomes
known, she believes that only the hard-Left Representatives and
Senators would back the bill, leaving FOCA to die quietly as it has in
every session of Congress for the last 15 years it’s been proposed.