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The Mammogram Diversion: Is Komen Laying the Groundwork to Reject Planned Parenthood Proposals?

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 6, 2012 - 11:05pm (Print)

Komen's ostensible new strategy, to focus its prevention grants "only on mammograms," would not only exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from eligibility, but would also deny tens of thousands of low-income and uninsured women medically-indicated primary preventive breast health services and, potentially, leave many with undiagnosed breast cancers.

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(UPDATED) The Budget Stalemate and the Major Media Fail on Riders

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

April 7, 2011 - 5:35pm (Print)

As the uncertainty of the very real-life drama about the budget stalemate and threatened shutdown of the federal government drags on, there is one thing you can count on. Every single major media outlet has gotten the story about riders wrong.

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Planned Parenthood = Primary, Preventive Care

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

June 17, 2009 - 8:30am (Print)

As the health care reform debate heats up, Planned Parenthood Action Fund today has launched a multimedia campaign focused on the central role played by Planned Parenthood affiliates in communities across the nation.

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