Critical update! Susan G Komen clarifies policy to exlude organization found guilty of criminal offense to be exluded from funding. They will now continue funding critical services to at risk women through Planned Parenthood. I hope they can recover from the media damage they inflicted upon themselves.
I take this story very personally. My mother is a breast cancer survivor, both my grandmothers died from breast cancer. I am at high risk for carrying a specific breast cancer gene. I use to be a huge supporter of the Susan G. Kohmen Foundation. That support has ended as of today. Apparently their leadership has made a choice to cut off the most at risk women who require low cost health care from their funding.
Furor Erupts Over Susan G. Komen Halt Of Grants To Planned Parenthood
The reaction has been intense this evening to the news from The Associated Press that “the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates.”
Much of it is highly critical of the charity, such as this message from Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.:
“Komen’s decision hurts women — it puts politics before women’s health. @komenforthecure should be ashamed.”
Or this tweet from political satirist and Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead:
“I am crying in a cab at this Komen decision. Tomorrow we will rally. Who is in this fight with me! You can no longer sit idly by.”
