Komen Foundation sees the money..erh light
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| One of my pals posted this pic on Facebook, just as I was typing this blog. What a coinkydink. |
The issue arose when the Susan G. Komen Foundation changed its grant funding criteria. Any group under investigation could no longer receive funding. Planned Parenthood is currently under
How can you be pro-life when you champion cutting off some 170,000 screenings that help save lives? I have lost family members to struggles with cancer. So I know how important health screenings are. When the Susan G. Komen Foundation decided to no longer fund Planned Parenthood, I decided I would transfer any of my support to help the screenings keep going at Planned Parenthood for women who cannot afford to pay for a screening at a doctor's office.
Today, the foundation reversed course. According to MSNBC.com:
See, the Komen Foundation received a lot of heat after what appeared to many to be a political decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood. After the decision, Planned Parenthood received a tremendous amount of financial support. Yes the outcry from supporters of Planned Parenthood may have been as knee jerk as that perceived from Susan G. Komen.In (Nancy) Brinker's statement Friday, she continued:"Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and families in the fight against breast cancer. Amending our criteria will ensure that politics has no place in our grant process. 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.
I am all for standing up for what you believe in...however certain things just seem like flash in the pan "fashionable" stances with no real life application and conviction. If what you care about is life...why does that care leave once the person is ACTUALLY born? I don't get that at all.
