Posted on 09/01/2011 7:19:46 PM PDT by Graybeard58
WASHINGTON (BP)--Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure continue to give money to Planned Parenthood, the country's leading abortion provider, and those grants have prompted Roman Catholic bishops in Ohio to order their dioceses' institutions to no longer raise funds for one of the leading foundations in the battle against breast cancer.
Eighteen of the more than 120 Komen affiliates in the United States contributed about $569,000 to Planned Parenthood affiliates in the United States during 2009-10, according to a report released Aug. 24 by American Life League (ALL), a Virginia-based, pro-life organization. ALL staff confirmed the grants by examining Komen affiliates' 990 Internal Revenue Service forms for tax-exempt organizations.
The report came on the heels of news that the Catholic bishops of Columbus, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio, called for schools and other institutions in their dioceses not to participate in fundraising efforts for Komen. A statement from Ohio's bishops said individual Catholics are free to make their own decisions, since none of Komen's Ohio affiliates donate to Planned Parenthood, according to an Aug. 20 article in The Columbus Dispatch.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati already had banned fundraising for Komen, The Dispatch reported.
In providing their reasons for the prohibitions, the bishops cited Komen affiliates' giving to Planned Parenthood and the foundation's unwillingness to say it will not support stem cell research that destroys embryos, according to the newspaper.
Komen said in a June statement its affiliates give to Planned Parenthood for breast screenings and breast health education. Planned Parenthood does not offer mammograms, but Komen said grants to the organization may pay for mammograms at other sites. In the last five years, grants to Planned Parenthood have paid for almost 5,000 mammograms and more than 139,000 clinical breast exams, according to Komen.
"It makes no sense whatsoever for Komen to give money to Planned Parenthood," said Rita Diller, director of ALL's Stop Planned Parenthood initiative, according to LifeNews.com. "Komen's claim that women in some areas would not be able to receive breast cancer care without giving grants to Planned Parenthood is horribly misleading, at best, since Planned Parenthood does not provide breast cancer care -- only manual exams and referrals."
In North Dakota, the bishops of Fargo and Bismarck issued guidelines for charitable giving that included Komen on a list of organizations they encouraged parishioners not to contribute to, The Bismarck Tribune reported in March.
Komen's best known fundraisers are its five-kilometer runs/walks -- known as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series. More than 1.6 million people participate each year in the runs/walks in 130 cities in the United States and 16 overseas.
While ALL's research found 18 Komen affiliates gave to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer foundation reported in April that 19 of its affiliates contribute to the abortion/family planning chain. Komen did not specify the total given by those affiliates.
Planned Parenthood affiliates in this country performed more than 332,000 abortions in 2009, the last year for which statistics are available. --30-- Compiled by Tom Strode, Washington bureau chief for Baptist Press.
We have a new store of the chain “Jersey Mike’s Subs” - they have a heavy affiliation with Komen, pink cups, pink bags, etc. I emailed them to ask if they were aware of the ties to Planned Parenthood, I’m still waiting to hear back. (it’s been a week)
Doesn’t abortion increase a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer?
Spread the word, there are still lots of people who don’t know about this. Not everybody is as well informed as F.R. denizens.
As well as mental health problems, as posted here at F.R. within the last couple of hours.
GOOD!!!!
Komen and P.P. lied about this originally.
Can I ask a stupid question?
Is it legal for Susan G. Komen to make donations to Planned Parenthood????
I thought that charitable organizations, such as Komen, are set up for a purpose. And I thought the purpose of Susan G. Komen was research into breast cancer. Planned Parenthood does abortions, birth control, etc., but do they do any breast cancer work?
It just gets me that you can contribute to Susan G. Komen, maybe thinking that your contribution is going to breast cancer research, but that the organization can legally turn around and spend your contribution in some unrelated activity.
Yes, for the woman, but the unborn baby girl that she has killed will have a 0% chance of breast cancer.
Not sure about the legality of it, they are probably careful to stay within the law but it is certainly unethical and in this case immoral, to collect for a worthy cause, breast cancer research and to spend even one penny to support the abortion industry.
Even if and that's a big if, P.P. spent the money from Komen on breast cancer, that just frees up their own money for abortions.
The very reason I won’t give to Komen, United Way, etc. I want to know for sure exactly where my donation is going and for what purpose.
Doesn’t abortion increase a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer?
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YES , If the abortion is before the completion of at least one full term pregnancy, seems to be due to a missed hormonal signal related to breast tissue development when a pregnancy does not end normally.
Worth repeating!
GOOD!!!!
**Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure continue to give money to Planned Parenthood, the country’s leading abortion provider, and those grants have prompted Roman Catholic bishops in Ohio to order their dioceses’ institutions to no longer raise funds for one of the leading foundations in the battle against breast cancer.**
Hat tip to these Bishops in Ohio! God bless them.
It.....is.....about.....time.
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