Komen is now dominated by Anti-Abortion activists and the USA women's community is better off without them. Why am I glad I never bought those running shoes!
After the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, attention has focused on its Vice President for Policy, Karen Handel. She joined the group last January after a failed run for governor in Georgia, where she had advocated defunding Planned Parenthood.
But there’s another woman who deserves equal credit: Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest. It’s her group that issued a report last fall, “The Case for Investigating Planned Parenthood,” that led to a probe by the Energy and Commerce Committee. And it’s that investigation that puts Planned Parenthood in violation of Komen’s new policy that bars funding of groups under investigation.
Yoest has run Americans United for Life for three years. She came to the group from former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, and before that, served as the Family Research Council’s vice president for communications. She moved to Washington in the 1980s to work in the Reagan administration. But she counts this as perhaps her biggest victory....
It doesn't matter the 'holier than thou' excuses, the fact of the matter is an investigation is not a reason for victimizing women in the USA. If there was malpractice by physicians directly effecting the health of women it would be conceivably a good reason, but, the investigations swirling around Planned Parenthood are political, have no basis in civil rights and have absolutely nothing to do with Breast Health of women and men. There is absolutely no reason for any woman to believe Komen won't further endanger the best outcomes for women with a partner in Planned Parenthood with longevity and proven records of results.
I have no intentions of ever supporting Komen again. They have a horrible business model and they have very questionable officers involved with delicate and important decisions.
It doesn't matter the 'holier than thou' excuses, the fact of the matter is an investigation is not a reason for victimizing women in the USA. If there was malpractice by physicians directly effecting the health of women it would be conceivably a good reason, but, the investigations swirling around Planned Parenthood are political, have no basis in civil rights and have absolutely nothing to do with Breast Health of women and men. There is absolutely no reason for any woman to believe Komen won't further endanger the best outcomes for women with a partner in Planned Parenthood with longevity and proven records of results.
I have no intentions of ever supporting Komen again. They have a horrible business model and they have very questionable officers involved with delicate and important decisions.
Komen, Planned Parenthood and Congress: What's the status? (click here for video)
February 1, 2012, 4:26 p.m.
...The congressional inquiry was launched in September by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) to determine, among other things, whether Planned Parenthood has used public money to fund abortions. Although Planned Parenthood receives federal money, that money can't be used to provide abortions....
...The congressional inquiry was launched in September by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) to determine, among other things, whether Planned Parenthood has used public money to fund abortions. Although Planned Parenthood receives federal money, that money can't be used to provide abortions....
I do approve of nor do I appreciate a woman's health living in the shadows of politics in the USA. I don't like uncertainty regarding support for a woman's health either. There is no grey here for me. Either women are receiving services or they are not. Stating the current grants will be honored is simply a legal statement to uphold existing CONTRACTS with Planned Parenthood. It is more than obvious Komen has no will within their organization to fend off 'politics as usual' for the Anti-Abortionist activists that act to create policy. I have no patience with this and Planned Parenthood has whatever time is left for their grants to raise new monies to fund their Breast Health activities. I challenge Planned Parenthood to find affiliations for fostering Breast Cancer Research and the funding that is necessary to proceed. Komen is not a reliable source.
I am a 15 year breast cancer survivor. There is no room for this. It is disasterous and sacrifices precious time for the women that have yet to be diagnosed and survive this hideous disease that attacks every aspect of the definition of 'women.'
I am a 15 year breast cancer survivor. There is no room for this. It is disasterous and sacrifices precious time for the women that have yet to be diagnosed and survive this hideous disease that attacks every aspect of the definition of 'women.'
