Susan G. Komen Suffers 22% Drop in Donations, Due to Planned Parenthood Abortion Controversy

Christian Post ^ | 01/08/2014 | Michael Gryboski

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Susan G. Komen suffered a 22 percent drop in donations last year, which may have been due to the controversy it recently had regarding its monetary ties to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.

A spokeswoman for the breast cancer awareness organization acknowledged a strong decline in donations, according to the Associated Press.

"Citing audited financial statements posted on its website this week, a spokeswoman for the Dallas-based breast cancer charity said contributions - including donations and corporate sponsorships - dropped from about $164 million from the fiscal year ending in March 2012 to $128 million in the year ending March 2013," reported the AP.

"Komen spokeswoman Andrea Rader attributed the drops to the Planned Parenthood controversy, in addition to economic uncertainty and other events vying for charity dollars."

In November 2011, Susan G. Komen's leadership voted to cut its financial ties to Planned Parenthood, partly due to the organization barring of funding from any group presently under investigation from the government.

News of the policy change was made public in late January 2012 and led to much controversy. Within days of the announcement, the charity reversed its decision and allowed for Planned Parenthood to receive funding once more from Komen.

[madison10]

Good. There have to be organizations that help with this cause that don’t also pay for baby killing.

[freekitty]

They should have known better.

[Fido969]

Well, Planned Parenthood cost them 36 million last year. Where would the CEO be if this were a public company?

Anyway, it looks like the feminist crowd has big mouths, but empty pockets.

[laweeks]

Won’t donate a single dime to these abortion proponents. They should be ashamed of themselves for ever getting involved with the blood-covered hands of Planned Predators.

I would love to see them fold up and go away.

[originalbuckeye]

Another example of the bullies starting a controversy and ruining a nonprofit due to political differences. Komen should not have been donating to Planned Parenthood as PP doesn't do mammograms. They do pap smears, contraception and abortions. When Komen withdrew funding because PP was being investigated, the Leftist Bullies came out in force. Too bad. Komen has done a lot of fundraising that did go to breast cancer research. PP is a protected political conglomeration that squeals when you try to rein in their tentacles. Komen got caught up in the mess, but they should have known better in the first place.

[bigbob]

Seems odd if we’re a pro-baby-killing society as the left would have us believe

[Bogey78O]

The topper to this is PP raked in millions due to the faux-troversy. They then turned around and cut back on mammogram referrals. So here we are with breast cancer research and screening losing tens of millions of dollars all for political advancement.

It’s almost beautiful in a ghastly way how well they scammed their supporters and ginned up their outrage.

Whole lot of PP officials are padding their resumé for Hell.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Good. Keep up the good work, Pro-Life Warriors! My Mom just went through breast cancer treatment last year - I have 4 girlfriends who have dealt with it, too. I’m sure I’m in for it at some point, but I will never, EVER support those Komen chicks. Ever.

And seriously, I’m sick of buying chicken feed in PINK BAGS every October. (Brilliant marketing, though. But The Devil is pretty brilliant, too!)

[I want the USA back]

Fang-tooth feminazis are not happy. Good.

[jmaroneps37]

Great news! Thanks for posting this!

[JT Hatter]

We quit giving and running in the races. To heck with them.

Abortion? No way.

[stanne]

Well, it should be a whole lot more of a drop

Abortion is a huge risk factor in breast CA.

They don’t talk about that. But it seems that when you artificially and suddenly take away the purpose for all the pregnancy hormones, they remain and wreak havoc

Idiots

Fooling around with hormones

War on women

[Buckeye McFrog]

also due to them mucking-up football by spraying pink everywhere

[SECURE AMERICA]

You are either for saving lives or taking lives. Pick one..

[Tired of Taxes]

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[redleghunter]

I knew this would happen.

On another note why does this charity have to fill the coffers of Planned Death? Don’t they get enough money from the federal government and NARAL? It is like asking money from St Jude’s Childrens hospital.

[Tired of Taxes]

My Mom just went through breast cancer treatment last year - I have 4 girlfriends who have dealt with it, too.

I'm sure part of the drop in donations can be attributed to PP, but I wonder how much is the result of other controversies. For example, many survivors say that Komen invests too much into "awareness" and not enough into finding a cure. Some later-stage survivors have not been happy with Komen for that very reason. Plus, many of us survivors are just tired of seeing pink everywhere; we can't even go shopping without being reminded of it.