Susan G. Komen Foundation
Susan G. Komen's Dirty Pink Laundry
Last week the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, the breast-cancer-research advocacy group, cut its grants to Planned Parenthood; this cartoonist (Zina Saunders) found out a lot more about their disgraceful practice of "pink washing" corporate sponsors who make and use toxic, cancer-causing chemicals in their products.
Susan G. Komen's Dirty Pink Laundry
Last week the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, the breast-cancer-research advocacy group, cut its grants to Planned Parenthood; this cartoonist (Zina Saunders) found out a lot more about their disgraceful practice of "pink washing" corporate sponsors who make and use toxic, cancer-causing chemicals in their products.
The Mammogram Diversion: Is Komen Laying the Groundwork to Reject Planned Parenthood Proposals?
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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Once Again, It’s Not Just Abortion: The Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Global Gag Rule
by Yifat Susskind, MADRE
February 6, 2012 - 7:08pm (Print)
This past week’s debacle with the Susan G. Komen Foundation brought back ugly memories of the Global Gag Rule.
Former Bush Aide Fleischer Helped Plan Komen's Break with Planned Parenthood
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
February 4, 2012 - 7:00pm (Print)
ThinkProgress reports that Ari Fleischman, former press secretary for George W. Bush and prominent right-wing pundit, was secretly involved as early as last fall in planning Komen's break with Planned Parenthood.
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A Medical Student and Former Komen Affiliate Responds to the Foundation's Recent Decision
by Sarah Stumbar, MS4, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
February 3, 2012 - 2:19pm (Print)
I am a recent member of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Young Women’s National Advisory Council, a previous director of Stony Brook University School of Medicine’s chapter of Medical Students for Choice, and a future family medicine physician. I was incredibly disappointed by Susan G. Komen’s recent decision to end its funding of breast health programs at Planned Parenthood affiliates across the United States.
An Apology, But Not A Reversal, From the Susan G. Komen Foundation
by Will Neville, Advocates for Youth
February 3, 2012 - 2:03pm (Print)
The Komen Foundation’s statement says that it “will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities.” But this is NOT a reversal of any kind.
How Komen Flushed Their Brand in 24 Hours
by Raven Brooks, Netroots Foundation/Netroots Nation
February 3, 2012 - 1:47pm (Print)
I'd like to dissect how Komen for the Cure completely destroyed a brand 3 decades in the making and how they're now a different organization with a different future (if they even have one), whether they like it or not. My goal here is to help people understand this so you don't make the same mistakes.
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Planned Parenthood Saved Me: Women Tell Their Stories
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
February 3, 2012 - 8:08am (Print)
In the wake of the attacks on Planned Parenthood by Congressman Cliff Stearns and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, social media and tech guru Deanna Zandt created a tumblr this week at which women are telling their stories about how Planned Parenthood saved their lives through early cancer detection and other means.
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Jodi Talks on Democracy Now About Komen's Break with Planned Parenthood
Watch RH Reality Check Editor-in-Chief Jodi Jacobson on Democracy Now talk with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez about the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut-off funding for breast cancer screening programs run by Planned Parenthood. Jodi joins the conversation at 48:25.
