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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsit gets stickier--romney and scalia ties to komen board
in listening to jodi johnson of rh reality check on amy goodman's "democracy now" segment today, she mentioned an article she wrote recently, titled "the cancerous politics and ideology of the susan b. komen foundation"
two sections in particular caught my eye:
. . . But Komen can no longer claim the mantle of a respected organization. First, Komen last year hired Karen Handel, a former Georgia anti-choice gubernatorial candidate and Sarah Palin acolyte who promised as part of her platform to defund Planned Parenthood and other vital health services. Handel, who lost her race but is said to have future political ambitions, is now Senior Vice President for Policy at Komen. She was originally endorsed in her race by and received money from current GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, with whom some sources suggest she remains closely allied. Romney, in turn, has suddently become more anti-choice than thou and has promised a federal personhood amendment as well as to defund Planned Parenthood.
Second, sitting on Komen's Advocacy Alliance Board is Jane Abraham, the General Chairman of the virulently anti-choice and anti-science Susan B. Anthony List and of its Political Action Committee. Among other involvements, Abraham helps direct the Nuturing Network, a global network of crisis pregnancy centers, organizations widely known for spreading ideology, misinformation and lies to women facing unintended pregnancy and to use both intimidation and coercion in the course of doing so. Also on the board of Nuturing Network is Maureen Scalia, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, no hero to women's rights and health.
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http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/01/31/with-anti-choice-tea-partier-in-charge-komen-says-no-cure-planned-parenthood-cl-0
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)The all sit on each others boards.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)more information, and very interesting it is!
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Whomever is in charge of Komen PR should probably be fired solely for incompetency.
niyad
(113,302 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)or, actually, reoccupy komen, as they're now occupied by the reichwing
gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)hope Komen loses its ass on this
niyad
(113,302 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)maryellen99
(3,788 posts)She has ties to the nurturing network, which is a global network of crisis pregnancy centers.
Initech
(100,069 posts)Gee what a surprise - it's all a "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" club.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)something I do sparingly when it comes to politics, but this is too juicy.
Paladin
(28,256 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Those assholes are all intertwined.