The breast cancer charity started a small war by cutting funding for Planned Parenthood cancer screenings.
It has now, under enormous pressure, reversed course and says the funding will be restored.
So what was the deal here? Planned Parenthood is a favorite target of anti-abortion groups and they’ve managed to get House Republicans to start a “congressional investigation” of the agency.
This was the reason (excuse?) given by Komen for dropping the funding. The reality however may have more to do with a number of right wing anti-abortion folks at the higher levels of the Komen organization.
While the restoration of funding is welcome, I suspect that Komen has damaged its credibility irreparably with this little fiasco. I know they’re now off my list of organizations that I’m willing to support.
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