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I didn't find it particularly odd considering the rage expressed against them by people who won't bother to look at both sides.

You didn't? I find that very strange. Why would you consider a defense of abortion relevant to claims they aren't paying for abortions? How does that have anything to do with it, and how does it in any way deal with this rage people have against them? I hardly think pro-life people are going to be assuaged by arguments that abortion doesn't cause breast cancer and decide that it is then acceptable to fund it. I rather imagine that they would point out that while it may not give the mother cancer it surely doesn't cure it, and more importantly has a 100% fatality rate for the child.

Bad comparison, imo. The RC church was aware and actively hid the pedophiles. I'm not saying that pedophilia was an institutional norm, but it seems that they didn't do a whole lot to prevent or punish it.

Why post this? You know very well I was not drawing an analogy between abortion and hebephilia and ephebophilia. The comparison was about denying doing something and yet simultaneously defending doing it. It indicates a lack of sensitivity and perhaps veracity regarding the denials.

And, btw, it is a bit amusing that you are posting comments on the sex abuse issue in manner which is strikingly similar to how you describe those against Komen. I am not looking to derail things towards that topic, but it seems rather clear you have done nothing to investigate all sides of the issue and instead are assuming what the loudest people have said is the truth.

FreeRepublic has a reputation for eating their own and pro-lifers are the worst of the worst of those.

Yes, this is true I think. However, I am not interested in attacking people who support Komen, or even Komen really. I merely think their defense is flawed. I also don't judge pro-life people who may give money or support Komen. However, giving money to a group cannot be waved away as they are doing because there are more effects than just what the dollars are spent on. Most of us know this and act accordingly, but I think we sometimes make ourselves comfortable with rationalizations. It happens in politics all the time and explains why so many "conservatives" like George W. Bush in spite of his big-government policies.