Amid abortion debate, Komen cancer charity halting grants to Planned Parenthood
The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.
The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams.
Planned Parenthood says the move results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress — a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups.
The rupture, which has not been publicly announced as it unfolded, is wrenching for some of those who’ve learned about it and admire both organizations.
“We’re kind of reeling,” said Patrick Hurd, who is CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia — recipient of a 2010 grant from Komen — and whose wife, Betsi, is a veteran of several Komen fundraising races and is currently battling breast cancer.
“It sounds almost trite, going through this with Betsi, but cancer doesn’t care if you’re pro-choice, anti-choice, progressive, conservative,” Hurd said. “Victims of cancer could care less about people’s politics.”
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY.
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FUN FACT: Komen has taken many smaller charities to court for using the phrase “for the cure.” Charities with not enough...
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Wow, good job. God damn, I just don’t understand what is wrong with people. Leave Planned Parenthood alone. Just. Stop...
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cancer cells are genetically human…. and we kill those all the time… just a little food for thought.
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The evidence just keeps piling up that “sanctity of life” does not really matter to many of those who oppose abortion.
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YES THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THE WELLBEING OF WOMEN. THANKS. assholes.
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