Importantly, I see this as a multi-front attack by the Democrats against the Catholic church, in that not too long ago, Illinois tried to require them to provide adoptive children to homosexuals. Then Obama came out with his birth control mandate. And now this.
There should be some way in which the church can take the federal government to court, in effect stating that this represents across the board religious persecution against the Catholic church, and ask the court to enjoin the government against such actions.
It is legally comparable to the federal government systematically persecuting black people because of the color of their skin.
Everything godly and moral is under attack from the left.
You are correct the Marxists are in constant attack mode, always probing for weaknesses, they have taken the initiative on many fronts and we are on continual defense.
The government wants the Catholic Church OUT of the hospital business. The government hates competition.
What they WANT the Church to do is just give up. The State will levy huge fines against the Church for refusing to perform abortions, then they will seize and take over the Church's property and all its contracts with physicians and nurses, to pay the fines.
They will get the physical plant and all the doctors for free.