Susan G. Komen Blinks — Page 3

Sorry, when you said Planned Parenthood's numbers, I thought you meant Planned Parenthood's numbers, not a conclusion that someone else has come to. As far as I'm concerned, it's a moot point, anyway. Call it 10% - hell, call it 50%. What of it?




Planned Parenthood's home page

Updated On: 2/2/12 at 12:27 AM

If PP provided 11 million services and 330,000 of those were abortions, where do you get 10%? The discussion was not how many people had abortions, but the percentage of their services that were something OTHER than abortions. Of course women get multiple services if they are available.. Some may have even had more than one abortion in a year. Who knows? Who cares? Planned Parenthood is an excellent organization. Drop the convenient fuzzy math.

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Shhh Tink - that does not fit the PP narrative that the anti-choice groups are trying to paint.

PP received $650,000 in donations yesterday, which is almost enough to cover the money that was withdrawn by Komen "for the Cure." The received 6,000 online donations yesterday (their usual average is 100-200 per day).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/planned-parenthood-says-komen-decision-causes-donation-spike/2012/02/01/gIQAGLsxiQ_story.html

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I wonder what would happen if someone were to "investigate" the Susan G. Komen Foundation? I work at a non-profit- we get "investigated" all the time. And that by-law is extremely broad- as I read it, if a cop stops by a local Susan G. Komen event to ask a few questions, they'd have to stop funding themselves.

Interesting, I don't think Politico skews to the right; I find them pretty fair. But anyway, their Arena page generally has opinions from folks on both sides of the aisle. And your pull-quote from Peter Fenn sums it up about right.

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I'm not turning my back on them.

It was a decision that will surely be debated for a long time, but what matters to me is the work that they do, the work that needs to be done, and the difference that they make.

On balance, for me, what they do for good outweighs the bad.

I still support them. And will help them through this difficult time.

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I've never given money to the girls, but I do to the boys.

http://www.testicularcancersociety.org/

Just read that Denver's Komen affiliate has been granted an exception allowing it to fund PP at least through March 2013.

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It appears this new rule about not funding organizations under investigation ONLY applies to Planned Parenthood. Komen also funds a health clinic at Penn State to the tune of 7.5 million dollars.
More Komen hypocrisy

Having fairly recently watched my mother die of cancer, I'll give my money where I please. Thanks though.

HuffingtonPost: Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/susan-g-komen_n_1250651.html

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Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's New York chapter, said she plans to resign from her position unless Komen reverses its decision to pull grant money from Planned Parenthood.

"I'm a physician and my interest is women's health, and I am disturbed by Komen's decision because I am a very strong advocate for serving under-served women," Plesser told The Huffington Post. "Eliminating this funding will mean there's no place for these women to go. Where are these women to go to have a mammography? Do they not deserve to have mammography?"

With her decision, Plesser joins Komen's top public health official, Mollie Williams, and the executive director of Komen's Los Angeles County chapter, Deb Anthony, both of whom also resigned in protest.

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Updated On: 2/2/12 at 10:15 PM