Or do you mean the FACT that manual breast exams don't actually cost money to perform? I'm pretty sure that Komen knows this too.
Then there's no need to send money to PP for breast cancer screening since it can be done at the same time their other *services* are being performed.
And if the money is going to breast cancer screening at the same time the other services are being performed, whether it's giving the woman birth control pills or performing an abortion, then they are not only financing the increase in the breast cancer they claim they are trying to detect, then they are also funding abortions, which they claim they are not doing.
So they're lying again.
I find it incredulous that they'd give money for breast cancer screening, like any women goes to PP just for a manual breast exam. Sure.......
Exactly! The only thing as pathetic as the Komen excuses are the attempts to defend them for it.
By giving money to Planned Parenthood, Komen is DENYING NEEDY WOMEN PROPER BREAST CANCER SCREENING. They are hurting the very people they say they want to help.
Question for eveyone:
Is the National Cancer Institute a credible source for information?
If so, it says that, “Induced abortion is not associated with an increase in breast cancer risk.”
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/ere-workshop-report
Not being an expert on this topic I just go by what supposed experts say.
So far the experts dispute the popular and unsubstantiated claim on this thread that abortions are positively linked to breast cancer.
And so far on this thread there is no evidence that outwieghs Komen’s outight denials of funding abortions.
Lots of claims that y’all are making but you’re not backing them up with evidence. I’m really astonished at how little weight the facts carry with y’all.
How do you expect true Liberals or marginal liberals to revise their opinions based on the facts you present to them if you won’t do the same yourself?
MESSAGE POINTS KOMEN/PLANNED PARENTHOOD
• At Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, our promise is to save lives and end breast cancer
forever.
• Scientific evidence in the U.S. and around the world does not support the conclusion that
induced abortion or miscarriage raises the risk of breast cancer. The latest and most
authoritative study was conducted by the National Cancer Institute in 2003. The conclusion
that abortion is not linked to an increase in breast cancer risk was considered to be “well
established” (the highest level of certainty) by more than 100 of the world’s experts in
pregnancy and breast cancer brought together by the NCI.*
• Komen Affiliates conduct community needs assessments to identify gaps in breast health
services in their area.
• Approximately 20 out of 125 Komen Affiliates provide restricted grants to Planned
Parenthood clinics for vital breast health services that could otherwise be unavailable to
some women. When a Komen Affiliate provides a grant to Planned Parenthood, in many
cases it is the only source of free or low-cost women’s health screening services in the area.
• For our fiscal year ’08, Komen Affiliates contributed nearly $805,000 to Planned Parenthood
programs. This represents less than 1 (one) percent of the total granted by affiliates that year
(nearly $81 million).
• For the past five years, again, a very, very small percentage (less than 1 percent) – in dollars
$3 million – went to Planned Parenthood programs from Komen Affiliates. Overall community
grants during that 5-year period increased from about $40 million to about $80 million.
• All Komen Affiliate grant applications are solicited by an open request for proposals and are
reviewed by an independent review panel that makes recommendations to the Affiliate’s
board of directors. Grant recipients must provide detailed reports to the Komen Affiliate at
least bi-annually.
• Komen and its Affiliates do not provide any funding for abortions or for any activities outside
the scope of our promise to end breast cancer.
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s headquarters has never awarded grants to Planned
Parenthood.
Source: National Cancer Institute. Summary Report: Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer
Workshop. Available at: www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/ere-workshop-report.