Abortion Foes Warn Of Hospital Closures

Catholic Churches Are Pushing Parishioners To Pressure Congress Not To Pass "Radical" Abortion Bill
Jan. 28, 2009
This story was written by Brian Montopoli

On the past two Sundays, parishioners at the Holy Family Church in Nutley, New Jersey, have received a stark warning: If the Obama administration and Democratic Congress have their way, Catholic hospitals around the country will be forced to close.

The reason? A piece of legislation known as the Freedom Of Choice Act, or FOCA, that opponents believe will force hospitals and doctors to perform abortions even if they have moral opposition to doing so.

Since doctors at Catholic hospitals won't perform an abortion, the logic goes, the hospitals would have no choice but to shut their doors under FOCA rules. the rest