By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register - The billionaire philanthropist pledges $200 million to ‘reproductive freedom,’ among other things... For years, Melinda French Gates, who identifies as a Catholic, said she struggled with abortion as a public-policy issue and wouldn’t give money to it from the foundation she helped run with her now-former husband, Bill... The struggle appears to be over...Gates, who has written fondly about her Catholic upbringing, said this week she is giving multimillion-dollar donations to abortion-supporting groups.