BREAKING: Komen Apologizes, Will Restore Planned Parenthood Funding

[jenmito]

Just saw on MSNBC.

ETA link: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/komen-apologizes-for-recent-de.html

[MineralMan]

1. I hope that's correct.

I'll wait until there's an actual story, though.

[jenmito]

5. I'll find a link.

[Viking12]

18. Link here. Dallas Morning News

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/komen-apologizes-for-recent-de.html

[liberal N proud]

2. Some of their larger corporate supporters may have been pressuring them

I know our company was.

[zbdent]

8. wonder if the $7,000,000 to Penn State had any impact on their decision?

[myrna minx]

24. Exactly. They don't want anyone snooping around their books, discussing CEO compensation etc. n/t

[rocktivity]

26. DING DING DING! Zbdent, you're our grand prize winner!

wonder if the $7,000,000 to Penn State had any impact on their decision?

Well, not pulling that $7M would put them in violation of their own policy, wouldn't it? It was either that, or their corporate sponsors started leaning on them.


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[Lint Head]

3. Yeah!!!!! We won another one!!!!!!!!!!

[rocktivity]

27. We've won a battle, but not the war.

I say that until VP Handel and CEO Brinker are ousted, nothing changes.


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[rfranklin]

4. Can't trust them...

The board should resign. That hideous woman Brinker should go as well.

[myrna minx]

6. *Cough* It's a little too late - the damage is done. nt

[justiceischeap]

7. Trump will endorse Gingrich... oh wait, that isn't right.

Problem is, if this turns out to be true, they're still screwed. There are a lot of women who will remember this action and still not support them. And if this is true, they just lost all their anti-choice supporters.

[Aerows]

31. I remember

And I ran two years for them. Run for life? Yeah, only if it is for Republican women. As far as they are concerned everybody who isn't a Republican can go to hell.

Just see if I give a damn when they ask for money and involvement. Yes, the damage has been done. Those old biddies care more about politics than they do about people and I'm pretty much fed up with that.

[sufrommich]

9. I won't go back to supporting Komen until the

right wing extremists are gone from their organization, but good for Planned Parenthood if true.

[mainer]

10. Here's a link to their statement

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/statement-from-susan-g-komen-board-of-directors-and-founder-and-ceo-nancy-g-brinker-2012-02-03

[rocktivity]

32. "Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors

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by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political..."

"Conclusive" in nature? What is that supposed to mean -- that the grant money is restored if the outcome is a satisfactory one?


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[City Lights]

50. "not political..."

Yesterday they were claiming that their decision to withold funding from PP was NOT political. Today they are admitting it was? They've lost all credibility.

[MrScorpio]

11. They finally got the point. nt

[JHB]

47. No, they haven't. They're just beating a tactical retreat.

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Let them replace the people who pushed this decision. If they do that much, then they're on probation at best.

Their current leadership used the organization's funding power to push an agenda that has nothing to do with the foundation's stated goals. If they want people to trust them with their money again, they're going to have to earn it.

[uponit7771]

51. +1

[onehandle]

12. Fine, but Handel needs to step down. The spotlight will remain on this right-wing hack. nt

[truebrit71]

20. Indeed...and whilst I welcome the decision to reinstate the grants...

...the request that we all just "leave this behind us and forget that it ever happened" is simply not going to happen unless and until there are some resignations and clear evidence that politics will not play into their decisions going forward. They still need to answer for their decisions to cut stem-cell research in November of last year...http://www.care2.com/causes/susan-g-komen-foundation-also-stops-funding-embryonic-stem-cell-research.html

[MoonRiver]

13. YAY!!

They got their head out of their ass!!!

[yardwork]

14. What about the stem cell research? Is the $12MM going to be restored?

I see nothing about that in the press release.

[truebrit71]

22. Indeed...we can't let that one slip by either...

http://www.care2.com/causes/susan-g-komen-foundation-also-stops-funding-embryonic-stem-cell-research.html

[yardwork]

23. That's where the rubber hits the road. Does Komen support research or not?

In any case, I will never support or donate to them. I've learned a lot about their right-wing corporatist mission.

[truebrit71]

38. Me too....staggered to find out the CEO pays herself $500k a year...

...if that were me I'd feel funny making that much money off my dead sibling's demise...

[Scuba]

15. Too late. Their image is irreparably damaged.

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. +1

They'll never recover from this.

[JohnnyRingo]

35. I agree

The cancer remains in the form of Komen's VP Ms Handel. Until she's cut away from the charity completely, she can only be considered dormant. Even then, the organization will forever retain a stigma of RW activism.

Stupid conservatives.

[City Lights]

52. Agreed. eom

[rocktivity]

16. Too late, your cover is blown.

SGK has become the anti-reproductive-rights branch of the Republican party and is no longer viable under its current leadership. Until Handel and Brinker are removed from office, I say that the boycott continues!

The people united will never be defeated.


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[CrispyQ]

17. It's on CNN now. --nt

[Botany]

19. Gravy train leaving station

[flying rabbit]

25. Whoops!

Too late.

"It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to pause, slow down and reflect on how grants can most effectively and directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of women. We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the country over the last few days to help us move past this issue. We do not want our mission marred or affected by politics - anyone's politics."

Move along, nothing to see here. I think a bright light has been shone on upper management that will leave a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths.

[eShirl]

28. They must think we're stupid.

[flying rabbit]

30. Yes they do. nt

[Arugula Latte]

46. "We urge everyone ... to move past this issue." Yeah, I'll bet you do, SGK.

[Bluerthanblue]

29. this line:

" We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not."

is bullshit.

They have lost credibility and integrety.

[rocktivity]

33. If you weren't trying to "specifically penalize" PP,

then why didn't you penalize Penn State, too? Pulling their grant would have saved you seven times more money!


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[Bluerthanblue]

40. exactly!

and if it wasn't political, wouldn't the basis for the "congressional investigation" make the issue moot?

[Raffi Ella]

34. Ha! yes.

Although with what I know about Komen now? It doesn't change anything that they changed their minds about PP.

That movie that is coming out about them is above and beyond their politics; it's about using breast cancer and charity as a way to get rich- that's not OK with me.

So, good that they apologized; good that Planned Parenthood will receive funding but still:

Think Before You Pink:

[Hutzpa]

37. I concur

nt.

[Hutzpa]

36. Good but not good enough

they've shown their hand and I think every effort should be made in getting PP
to generate their own funding rather than relying on an organization that is
motivated by political aspirations.

[Raffi Ella]

48. well said, I do too.

As corrupt as Komen is and after what they've done I don't want Planned Parenthood dependent on them for anything.

And it is clear where the public support is on this: Planned Parenthood won this fight big time, in monetary donations and opinion.

[mainer]

39. And I thought everything was going SO well for them!

They said their donations were up 100%, and all they got was great comments from supporters.

[Spazito]

41. LOL, my thoughts exactly...

The support for their decision was 'overwhelmingly positive', so they said. They were lying then and they are STILL lying.

[ZenLefty]

42. Smart response to an astronomically dumb decision

The whole thing has still left a bad taste in my mouth. I think my donations right now are better suited to go directly to Planned Parenthood, and the American Cancer Society.

[rocktivity]

44. Other breast Cancer Research Foundations

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National Breast Cancer Foundation
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/


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[uponit7771]

49. +1

[Orangepeel]

55. National Breast Cancer Foundation has the highest Charity Navigator rating

http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

Be careful about abcf. It has one star

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8004

[rocktivity]

56. Noted. Thanks.

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[MNBrewer]

43. Looks like the Komen Foundation admits that the "investigation" is political

[McCamy Taylor]

45. Great news!

[Rex]

53. BREAKING: Komen kills brand in 24 hr period.

No amount of CYA will help them now.

[donheld]

54. When is an apology not an apology.

This time is one of those times.