Posted on 02/01/2012 2:32:16 PM PST by Morgana
News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions Komen deluged with pro-abortion complaints: pro-lifers urged to rally in support
by Patrick B. Craine
Wed Feb 01, 2012 13:18 EST Comments (8) Tags: abortion, komen for the cure, planned parenthood
DALLAS, Texas, February 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life leaders are calling on supporters to rally to the defense of the Susan G. Komen Foundation as the organization is being barraged with criticism from pro-abortion advocates in the wake of its decision to cut off funds to Planned Parenthood.
Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam), who has been in touch with Komen advisors since yesterday, told LifeSiteNews that as of last night Komen had received 2,000 e-mails from Planned Parenthood backers and only 64 from pro-lifers.
News broke yesterday that Komen, the largest funder of breast cancer research in America, was cutting ties with Planned Parenthood after seven years of pressure from the pro-life movement.
Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun told media that the decision was made in light of new criteria barring Komen from having a relationship with organizations under investigation by government authorities. Planned Parenthood is currently under investigation by a U.S. House committee over concerns about its reporting of criminal conduct and mishandling of federal funds.
Aun’s statement seemed to suggest that the abortion giant could qualify for funding again should they be cleared by all state and federal investigations.
But Ruse said that is not true, because Planned Parenthood was also disqualified for funding because they do not actually offer mammograms. He pointed to a statement on Komen’s Facebook page Wednesday indicating their new focus on “outcomes-driven” approaches to delivering services.
“They have changed their grant criteria from what they call pass-throughs to outcome-based programs,” Ruse explained. “Planned Parenthood doesn’t do mammograms, for instance. They would refer people to doctors who do mammograms. So that’s a pass-through.”
“Even if all of the investigations go away, they’re still left with this change in the funding criteria,” he added.
According to American Life League’s Stop Planned Parenthood project (STOPP), Komen affiliates contributed $629,159 to Planned Parenthood affiliates in 2009-2010.
Ruse noted that Komen will be sending five more grants to Planned Parenthood because of pre-existing contractual agreements. “Once those are done, there will be no more,” he said.
The other major concern for pro-lifers was Komen’s support for embryonic stem cell research. But a new statement on their website, dated Nov. 30th, 2011, indicates that Komen funds stem cell research only where the stem cells are “derived without creating a human embryo or destroying a human embryo.”
A report by LifeNews.com on Tuesday suggested Komen’s move may have had something to do with the organization’s Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Karen Handel, who joined them in April 2011.
Handel ran for Governor of Georgia in 2010 on a pro-life ticket, with a platform dedicated to defunding Planned Parenthood.
Asked if pro-lifers can now be confident in supporting the Komen Foundation, Ruse said, “Can pro-lifers support Komen? I say not only can they, but they should to show appreciation to the Komen Foundation for doing the right thing. We should be flooding their inbox with thanks.”
“[Planned Parenthood] is raising money on this, they’re attacking Komen,” he added. “So our side really has to rally to Komen’s defense and thank them. Then turn our fire back on Planned Parenthood.”
To let Komen know your thoughts, write news@komen.org.
Komen is supposedly about fighting cancer and saving lives not killing innocent babies. That is their image but its all a pack of lies. Komen will back down and find an excuse, I think thats obvious.
Thanks for this post. I just sent a thank you email to the addy in the article.
I was in a dollar store a few weeks ago, and took a walk down two aisles of grocery. Lots of name brand items, a surprising amount bearing the Komen ribbon.
The dollar stores buy up dated packaging. For example, Olympic-ringed packaging, three months after the Olympics.
Guess that pink ribbon stuff hasn’t been flying off store shelves.
They are doing the right thing! If they cave to pressure from the left, well then we will know what the are and what they stand for - money!
Thanks for the update, I sent an email.
It's actually becoming a year-round thing; not just in October. However, my wife, a breast cancer survivor, refuses to support or acknowledge a foundation that supports Planned Parenthood Infanticide.
Despite all the yapping from the pro-aborts, I doubt Komen would have cut the ties to PP if they weren’t be hurt in the pocketbook.
Well maybe, but then again maybe people should now show them support for doing the right thing.
As did I. Mother and sister are both breast cancer survivors, but I could not donate to Komen until now.
I would never give them a penny if I were richer than Bill Gates
don’t be fooled by this, they haven’t changed
Thanks for the email number. Operation completed.
When I give my money to a charity, I want it to stay with the charity and “do” the mission of the charity. One charity should not give to another, it is deceptive to contributors.
...I also am glad Komen stopped funding PP.
I just sent $10 to the Komen Foundation by texting “KOMEN” to 90999. First time to donate to this organization.
Guys, we need to encourage Komen for doing the right thing.
Let's not be all suspicious and as a result let the bad guys overwhelm them. Give them some support, and then put your money where your mouth (or keyboard) is.
I've already joined the Pink Whistle Society.
My Mom is a survivor. We went to the walk one year, but after that, we found out they supported Planned Parenthood. We haven’t supported them since, and that was 11 years ago. This is truly wonderful news. Money raised for breast cancer reasearch should not go to kill babies.
If these people want to support abortion, let them do it themselves. They have no right to coerce other people into doing it for them. We’re approaching mob rule in this country.
You may want to hold off a bit and watch Komen carefully. They used the fact that PP is "under investigation" to cut their ties; when the investigation ends we'll see how things really stand.
The end of the article addresses this question of whether it’s a real change.
I think it’s a good time to send them an email at least.
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