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Breaking: Two dozen Senators call on Komen to reverse Planned Parenthood decision
Washington Post ^ | 2/2/2012 | Greg Sargent

Posted on 02/02/2012 11:28:30 AM PST by alancarp

The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to get significantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray.

I’m told that 22 Dem Senators have signed on to a toughly worded letter urging Komen to reverse its decision, which Komen has justified by citing a new rule prohibiting it from funding any group under investigation by the government. (This has conferred legitimacy and signficance on the probe into Planned Parenthood that has been launched by anti-abortion GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida.)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 112th; abortion; abortionfunding; breastcancer; komen; moralabsolutes; plannedparenthood; proaborts; sgk
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The pressure is building on Komen concerning their (correct) decision to stop back-door funding of Planned Parenthood. This despite their prior claims of all donations going directly to cancer research.

Now the meme is that poor people are going to be hurt by this defunding decision. Balderdash.

ADDITIONALLY: a tweet I caught within the past hour from this linked source indicates that the "Top public health official" with Komen-for-the-Cure has resigned over this building controversy.

California Democrat abortion nazis are also voicing their displeasure. This is most probably not over.

1 posted on 02/02/2012 11:28:44 AM PST by alancarp
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To: alancarp

Click to Donate to Newt Gingrich

2 posted on 02/02/2012 11:31:44 AM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God: Newt, and Sarah will be right next to you.)
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To: alancarp

Does Planned Parenthood actually coduct mammograms or do they do manual test for lumps? Susam G. Komen only deals with breast cancer, right?


3 posted on 02/02/2012 11:31:51 AM PST by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: alancarp

Please. PP doesn’t even do the screenings, from what I’ve read, they just send the women someplace else. Plus, those donations were fungible to be used for whatever they wanted. And it’s obvious what they spend most of the money on and it’s not preventative care.


4 posted on 02/02/2012 11:32:18 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: alancarp

Send $$ to Susan G Komen thanking them. Vote w/ your $$.


5 posted on 02/02/2012 11:32:18 AM PST by FreedomProtector
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6 posted on 02/02/2012 11:32:49 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: GoCards

Money is fungable.
It ALL supports killing babies.

Did you ever audit a drunk’s budget, to decide how much to give him?


7 posted on 02/02/2012 11:33:33 AM PST by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: alancarp

They’re pro-choice, until their choice is not chosen.


8 posted on 02/02/2012 11:34:13 AM PST by lurk
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To: alancarp

Who the hell do these 22 ‘RAT buffoons think they are? What the Komen Foundation does with its money is none of these commie bass turds’ business. ‘RATS Gone Wild again.


9 posted on 02/02/2012 11:34:52 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Your President's DOJ is taking the Fifth Amendment! How do you feel about that?)
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"Does Planned Parenthood actually coduct mammograms"

No. They don't have the equiptment.

10 posted on 02/02/2012 11:36:04 AM PST by circlecity
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To: FlingWingFlyer

You have to keep in mind the motivation behind most pro-aborts. It’s that they viscerally KNOW it’s murder of the most innocent, and don’t want any reminders from anywhere that there might be a moral component to abortion. Any indication that there might be something less than moral about abortion, including not fully publicly funding it, leads inexorably to the conclusion that they advocate the murder of innocents in the name of convenience.


11 posted on 02/02/2012 11:39:35 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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12 posted on 02/02/2012 11:39:35 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: alancarp

If the Komen organization turns and runs on this issue they are done-for as an organization. The cat is out of the bag, and the only way for them to continue is to hold firm and stick to their mission’s stated purpose.


13 posted on 02/02/2012 11:41:50 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: circlecity

So they are misleading folks.... sending them offsite for mammograms but taking all the money for ????? damn them.


14 posted on 02/02/2012 11:42:00 AM PST by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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“Hello, I thought you were dedicated to fighting cancer, saving lies.... you man the money we donate goes to a group that has slaughtered millions of babies??? What does that have to do with fighting cancer? Are you people insane?”

Not that I have anything to donate but if I did it wouldn’t be Komen or Girl Scouts for sure


15 posted on 02/02/2012 11:43:04 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: alancarp

I respect a senator just slightly less than I respect the local maggot.

Shove it your collective (very) smelly Obamas, senators.

After that, shove it again.

Don’t forget to breathe, buttholes.


16 posted on 02/02/2012 11:43:37 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: secret garden

saying the money you give them doesn’t go for abortions is like saying you only fill up the shallow end of the swimming pool.


17 posted on 02/02/2012 11:44:32 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: alancarp
PP did over 322,000 abortions last year at an average cost of $450. When compared to their annual income, it is approximately 38% of their budget, not the 3% the claim.
18 posted on 02/02/2012 11:44:48 AM PST by Myrddin
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PP did over 322,000 abortions last year at an average cost of $450. When compared to their annual income, it is approximately 38% of their budget, not the 3% they claim.
19 posted on 02/02/2012 11:45:34 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: GeronL

Exactly.


20 posted on 02/02/2012 11:46:42 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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