Denver Komen Affiliate Will Continue Providing Grants To Planned Parenthood

[ProSense]

Denver Komen Affiliate Will Continue Providing Grants To Planned Parenthood | While the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced its organization will no longer partner with Planned Parenthood, the group’s local affiliate in Denver is breaking from the rest of the Komen organization. The Denver affiliate announced today that the national organization granted it an exception to continue funding Planned Parenthood. “Now more than ever Komen Denver Metropolitan Affiliate has a responsibility to support the underserved community and we will continue to help ensure that all women have access to quality breast health care,” the local group wrote on its Facebook page. In 2010, the Denver affiliate’s grant to Planned Parenthood funded breast health and cancer education for 2,264 women, 601 clinical breast exams, and referred and paid for 57 mammograms, officials said.

UPDATE The Connecticut affiliate withdrew its support for the national Susan G. Komen organization, and the group wrote on its Facebook page that it enjoys a great partnership with Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. “We understand, and share, in the frustration around this situation,” the group wrote.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/01/416745/denver-komen-affiliate-funds-planned-parenthood/

Susan G. Komen Loses Support After Planned Parenthood Decision

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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) both criticized and revoked their support for Komen on Wednesday. "I was perplexed and troubled to see the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings through Planned Parenthood because of a political witch hunt by House Republicans. I truly hope that they will reconsider this decision and put the needs of women first," Boxer said in a statement.

"I have been a big booster of the Susan G. Komen organization, but not anymore," Speier said on the House floor.

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"The silver lining is that more people than ever are aware that Planned Parenthood provides breast exams, and we're seeing more people calling us today to make an appointment," Tait Sye, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, told HuffPost. "Politics should not get in the way of women's health, and people respond powerfully when they see politics interfering with women's health."

UPDATE: 3:40 p.m. -- Planned Parenthood announced on Wednesday that it has received $400,000 from about 6,000 donors since Komen announced it was cutting funding to the organization on Tuesday afternoon.

The donations "send a message to stand up to bullying and protect access to health care," said Sye.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/susan-g-komen_n_1247262.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Excellent!

[Suich]

1. This is going to get interesting!

Good for Denver and Connecticut!

[Stratetalker]

2. Wow

Kudos to them
Both. This is getting worse by the hour for Komen and their standing with the public

[2ndAmForComputers]

3. Oh my. Can it be that the RIGHT kind of backlash sometimes happens?

Dare I hope?

[ZenLefty]

4. Best damn news I've read all day

I don't think the anti-abortion stance is popular among people in the Komen organization. This should get pretty interesting.

[frazzled]

5. The outrage is so massive, and they will lose so much support

that I bet you this decision to defund Planned Parenthood (on a trumped up charge from some winger Congressman) is rescinded within a week.

But the damage is kind of done. I won't contribute a nickel to Susan Komen Fdn. ever again. Straight to PP.

[zipplewrath]

7. There's a name change coming

When affiliates start backing away from the national organization, there's trouble brewing. I think we'll see some "breaking away" from the national organization, and ultimately probably some name changing going on, at least amongst the affiliates.

[Lightning_McQueen]

8. Nancy Brinker and Handel will be fired - count on it.

The BoD will be firing somebody for their utter stupidity.

I don't think Nancy's sister, Susan, would even approve of the defunding.

[CTyankee]

6. har de har har....

lovin' it...