Littlejoe
February 6th 2012, 12:44 PM
Men and babies everywhere are all for Breasts!!!...(ok women too) :lol: Komen for the Cure, the Breast Cancer foundation that has made the Pink Ribbon (and pink shoes, gloves etc. worn by many atheletes) famous, has in recent years, become the trendy charity to be associated with. I myself have sponsored several ladies at my work who have participated in Komen's "Race for the Cure" fundraising drives...because I too am for healthy breasts!
But, something I didn't know was that some of the donated dollars that I thought were going for breast cancer research, were instead, going to Planned Parenthood (PP) to fund abortions... The recent firestorm ignited when, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation a.k.a Komen for the Cure, announced it would cease it's funding to PP.
Ever since last Tuesday, Nancy Brinker has been at the center of a firestorm. That was when word finally surfaced that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, of which she is the founder, had decided to defund Planned Parenthood. The repercussions were swift and came from every level: social media, mainstream press, Congress (26 Democratic senators wrote a letter), members of its own board, scientists, donors, and the general public. New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was so dismayed that he donated $250,000 to Planned Parenthood to ease the shortfall. souce (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/05/komen-for-the-cure-how-the-group-s-founder-courted-controversy.html)
Quickly bowing to the sudden spotlight and resulting pressure, the Komen Foundation has reversed it's decision to defund PP:
Faced with a deluge of opposition that included pressure from lawmakers and internal dissent, one of America's leading breast cancer advocacy groups on Friday reversed itself on a decision that would have cut off funding to some Planned Parenthood projects.
"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation said in a statement. "We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities." source (http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-03/politics/politics_planned-parenthood-komen-foundation_1_planned-parenthood-komen-foundation-susan-g-komen?_s=PM:POLITICS)
What does PP have to do with Breast Cancer? Good question...according to a statement issued by the Komen Foundation, PP is supposed to use the funds to "provide breast cancer screening for low income, uninsured or medically under-served women" source (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/13/behind-the-pink-ribbon-komens-ties-with-planned-parenthood/) to the tune of $731,000 in 2009 (and $680,000 last year)...even though when over 30 different PP affiliates were called, NONE of them offered mammograms:
One needn’t look further than Live Action’s recent phone calls to 30 different Planned Parenthoods who all admitted they don’t offer mammograms to wonder where Susan G. Komen’s money is going. In fact, as far back as 2003, according to Planned Parenthood’s 2003-2004 Annual Report, abortions increased by 14,000 in 2002-2003, while breast exams decreased by more than 141,000. Yet, in 2003 Planned Parenthood of Dallas, of which Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, has served on the advisory board, built a new $5 million dollar facility. In Houston, Planned Parenthood recently opened the largest abortion facility in the world, second only to China, which is 78,000 square feet and has an entire floor dedicated to late-term abortions of up to 25 week old babies. Thankfully, the state of Texas has fought back against those seemingly bent on making Texas the abortion capital. Four Texas Planned Parenthood centers had plans to close after the state took away taxpayer funding. source (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/13/behind-the-pink-ribbon-komens-ties-with-planned-parenthood/)
The truly sad part in all of this is, abortions have been positively linked to breast cancer in studies:
Dolle's team reported in Table 1 a statistically significant 40% risk increase for women who have had abortions. They listed abortion among "known and suspected risk factors."
Brinton and Daling had previously studied this population from the Seattle-Puget Sound area in the 1990s and reported risk increases between 20% and 50% among women with abortions. [3,4] In the 2009 study, they and their co-authors wrote that their findings concerning induced abortion, OC use and certain other risk factors, "were consistent with the effects observed in previous studies on younger women." source (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/175394.php)
How can a foundation that received over $200 Million a year, and gives grants to researchers, and funds breast health initiatives all over the world, ignore such an historical and well documented link? I surely don't know...I DO know, that the pink ribbon group will NOT be getting anymore of my money until they once again defund PP. Life for women should not come with the price tag of millions of aborted children.
LJ
But, something I didn't know was that some of the donated dollars that I thought were going for breast cancer research, were instead, going to Planned Parenthood (PP) to fund abortions... The recent firestorm ignited when, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation a.k.a Komen for the Cure, announced it would cease it's funding to PP.
Ever since last Tuesday, Nancy Brinker has been at the center of a firestorm. That was when word finally surfaced that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, of which she is the founder, had decided to defund Planned Parenthood. The repercussions were swift and came from every level: social media, mainstream press, Congress (26 Democratic senators wrote a letter), members of its own board, scientists, donors, and the general public. New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was so dismayed that he donated $250,000 to Planned Parenthood to ease the shortfall. souce (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/05/komen-for-the-cure-how-the-group-s-founder-courted-controversy.html)
Quickly bowing to the sudden spotlight and resulting pressure, the Komen Foundation has reversed it's decision to defund PP:
Faced with a deluge of opposition that included pressure from lawmakers and internal dissent, one of America's leading breast cancer advocacy groups on Friday reversed itself on a decision that would have cut off funding to some Planned Parenthood projects.
"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation said in a statement. "We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities." source (http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-03/politics/politics_planned-parenthood-komen-foundation_1_planned-parenthood-komen-foundation-susan-g-komen?_s=PM:POLITICS)
What does PP have to do with Breast Cancer? Good question...according to a statement issued by the Komen Foundation, PP is supposed to use the funds to "provide breast cancer screening for low income, uninsured or medically under-served women" source (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/13/behind-the-pink-ribbon-komens-ties-with-planned-parenthood/) to the tune of $731,000 in 2009 (and $680,000 last year)...even though when over 30 different PP affiliates were called, NONE of them offered mammograms:
One needn’t look further than Live Action’s recent phone calls to 30 different Planned Parenthoods who all admitted they don’t offer mammograms to wonder where Susan G. Komen’s money is going. In fact, as far back as 2003, according to Planned Parenthood’s 2003-2004 Annual Report, abortions increased by 14,000 in 2002-2003, while breast exams decreased by more than 141,000. Yet, in 2003 Planned Parenthood of Dallas, of which Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, has served on the advisory board, built a new $5 million dollar facility. In Houston, Planned Parenthood recently opened the largest abortion facility in the world, second only to China, which is 78,000 square feet and has an entire floor dedicated to late-term abortions of up to 25 week old babies. Thankfully, the state of Texas has fought back against those seemingly bent on making Texas the abortion capital. Four Texas Planned Parenthood centers had plans to close after the state took away taxpayer funding. source (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/13/behind-the-pink-ribbon-komens-ties-with-planned-parenthood/)
The truly sad part in all of this is, abortions have been positively linked to breast cancer in studies:
Dolle's team reported in Table 1 a statistically significant 40% risk increase for women who have had abortions. They listed abortion among "known and suspected risk factors."
Brinton and Daling had previously studied this population from the Seattle-Puget Sound area in the 1990s and reported risk increases between 20% and 50% among women with abortions. [3,4] In the 2009 study, they and their co-authors wrote that their findings concerning induced abortion, OC use and certain other risk factors, "were consistent with the effects observed in previous studies on younger women." source (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/175394.php)
How can a foundation that received over $200 Million a year, and gives grants to researchers, and funds breast health initiatives all over the world, ignore such an historical and well documented link? I surely don't know...I DO know, that the pink ribbon group will NOT be getting anymore of my money until they once again defund PP. Life for women should not come with the price tag of millions of aborted children.
LJ