The focus on FOCA appears a bit misguided says this Time article, since it has no chance of being passed yet.  I’m not sure that’s true.  The article has a pretty obvious choice slant to it, and, if this were about a liberal issue, I’m not sure the author would have as much of a problem admitting that the best defense is a strong offense.  But see for yourself:

ut FOCA has also provided ammunition for those on the right who want to paint Obama as “the most pro-abortion president ever.” It’s been less than a month since he took office, but so far the President has given social conservatives little evidence to back up that charge. He did repeal the Mexico City policy banning federal funds to foreign family planning organizations that provide abortion referrals or services — but so did Bill Clinton. At the same time, Obama has directed his Presidential Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to make the issue of abortion reduction one of its top priorities.

Still, FOCA is proving to be the perfect political issue for anti-abortion advocates — and for congressional Republicans, who have taken up the cry as well. Unless and until FOCA is voted on by Congress, they can invoke it as a looming threat. And the longer it remains a dormant issue, the more credit they can take for their own “proactive” efforts to “defeat FOCA,” as a letter from House Republicans to Cardinal Rigali on Tuesday put it.