Catholic Obama supporter Melinda Henneberger makes the case against the “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA), which, it appears, could result in Catholic hosptials (a third of all hospitals in the US, according to Henneberger) shutting their doors rather than being forced to provide abortions. Many of these hospitals rely on Medicade and Medicare funds to keep operating, and FOCA would require recipients of federal funds to provide abortion services. On top of that, FOCA would make it even harder to come to some kind of political compromise on abortion than it already is, as it would sweep aside existing restrictions.