Bloomberg to give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood

[hack89]

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, responding to the controversy over a breast cancer advocacy group that cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, said on Thursday that he would make up a large part of the missing funds.

Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire with a long-term interest in public health, said he would give Planned Parenthood Federation of America a $250,000 matching gift — he will donate $1 for every new dollar Planned Parenthood raises up to $250,000.

“Politics have no place in health care,” he said in a statement. “Breast cancer screening saves lives and hundreds of thousands of women rely on Planned Parenthood for access to care. We should be helping women access that care, not placing barriers in their way.”

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/bloomberg-to-give-250000-to-planned-parenthood/

Good

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. LOL! PP might actually have a healthy budget.

Thanks, RW assholes.

[tblue]

2. Double take...Wh-WHAT?!

Wow! Way cool, Mr. Mayor!

[hlthe2b]

3. I have to credit him... this is a very good thing to do.

[avaistheone1]

8. +1000

Indeed. Cheers for him.

[spooky3]

24. agree--and a benefit of being wealthy is you have the power to good things AND say F U to ***holes

when they deserve it.

[The empressof all]

4. Well good for him

I'd never vote for him but Bloomberg is the last of a dying breed a reasonable Republican

[RevStPatrick]

9. That's because he was a lifelong Democrat...

...until he decided he wanted to buy the mayor's office, and that it would be easier for him to do as a Republan.

[appleannie1]

5. It is not often I say "CHEERS to Bloomberg".

[EC]

6. I think there are going to be more repubs following Bloomberg's

example and becoming independents, just because of bull-shit like this. Those that have a conscience and little patience for fools who don't know what they are talking about (repubs at war with Planned Parenthood). Soon there will be 2 major parties: The Democrats and The Independents.

[Dawson Leery]

15. Bloomberg is a Pre-Reagan Republican.

Many of them left the party this past decade and more will follow.

[kenfrequed]

7. Damn

He would have to actually do something principled. Granted he is a pawn of Wallstreet but I still have to give him credit for doing the right thing.

[RevStPatrick]

10. He's not a pawn.

He a player.
Richest man in New York.

[slay]

11. Huh what? Mr anti-#OWS does something good - but he's actually just matching donations up to

$250,000. i'll give him credit for this, but he's still a 1%er.

[center rising]

13. Good on ya Mayor Mike!!

[Blaze Diem]

14. PP has raised over $450,000 online, in the past 24 hours.

CNN just reported.
Also Senators Patty Murry & Barbara Boxer today have 22 Senators signed on to introduce a bill that (I believe) has to do with ending the political biased investigation of Pp. Just caught the end of their interview so I didn't catch all the details. They went head to head against Ms. Brinker who insisted this action was not political based...both Senators called her out on this

[Blaze Diem]

16. Komen drew a political line in the sand. Just in time for the Pres election year. Once again,

GOP tactics of dividing people is their usual mantra, since they are well aware that they will not beat Obama.

They pull out the same divisive subjects that have worked for them in every election.

They have already done what they can to suppress the votes of the poor, & this issue with Komen is just another example of the same target, different method.

It is nothing BUT political.

[REP]

17. I wouldn't be surprised if Warren Buffett doesn't donate (more) too

He's been a long-time supporter of Planned Parenthood and reproductive choice in general. One reason I've always kind of liked him - there seems to be no ulterior motive for his support other than its the right thing.

[Blaze Diem]

18. I agree. Crap is just beginning to fly at the Komen fan

I'm awaiting a response from more heavy hitters and also from Hollywood..its coming

[Lifelong Protester]

19. Good work! Just saw this on NYT

here at work. I think it is a great thing that so many folks are coming to PP's aid.
The right-wingers just keep putting their foot in it, don't they?
I agree with the poster upstream here, that the 'stuff' is just STARTING to hit the fan for Komen.

[PlanetBev]

20. Not really surprised by this

I remember reading years ago, Mayor Bloomberg mentioning that someone that he was involved with ended up getting an abortion.

[Demoiselle]

21. Good!

I just signed up to give a monthly contribution to PP.
It's a paltry sum, but Bloomberg has made it a little bit bigger.Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[usrname]

22. I contributed

just now. About 1/10,000 as much as Michael B would donate.

[Deep13]

23. Well that's nice of him. ...

If I were a cynic, I'd guess he was partly motivated by a desire to clean up his image with the liberal, NYC base after it was sullied by the OWS removal debacle. Fortunately, I'm not that cynical.

[spooky3]

25. My concern is, what will happen in future years?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. This excitement will fade. PP needs to beef up their fundraising.

I know of an unemployed fund collector named "Grovelbot" who may be available ...

[Hulk]

26. God bless this man!!

Way to step up. I think the organization that pulled the political-bang on Planned Parenthood should be exposed for what they are trying to do.

Nice work, Mike!

[Faygo Kid]

27. Props to the Mayor.

He sees the Komen organization for what it is - or at least has become.

[bayareaboy]

29. what the man did was excellent, but ...

that still doesn't counter his actions as Mayor in opposing the occupy movement!