MSNBC announcing that Komen is reversing itself.

[madaboutharry]

That didn't take long.

The power of the people!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Orrex]

1. Great news, but "Nemok" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[msanthrope]

4. DUZY-- and I miss your sig lines...nt

[randome]

5. No, no.

They're reversing 'itself' so that it becomes 'flesti'.

Not sure what that's about, though.

[tavalon]

58. DUZY

[randome]

2. Wow.

That is amazing.

[onehandle]

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

[blm]

10. Brinker IS a RW hack and always has been. She uses SGK to CYA for her bigbiz cronies

whose products have been linked to cancer. She's evil.

[onehandle]

23. You're right. Both of them are damaged goods. Both need to go. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

43. It will never happen

It is too profitable for each of them. And, there are at least a few reich wing corporations willing to have a fellow winger cause trouble for us normal people.

[MicaelS]

6. Komen for the Cure reverses decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding

http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20120203-komen-for-the-cure-reverses-decision-to-cut-planned-parenthood-funding.ece

Komen for the Cure just released the following statement from Nancy Brinker and the Susan G. Komen Board of Directors:

We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives.

The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. 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.

Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors 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. That is what is right and fair.

More at link

[annehall]

60. Komen for the Cure

Thank you for providing a sensational topic here. A while ago, I came across an article connected with this issue. It was entitled: "Susan Komen attempts to deflect heat from Planned Parenthood decision". Susan G. Komen for the Cure has contributed much in the battle against breast and cervical cancer, but the company's recent decision to pull its financing of Planned Parenthood has attracted critical fire. Komen CEO Nancy Brinker is attempting to gloss over the truth that the business is pulling financing for 16 of 19 Prepared Parenthood clinics by exclaiming that the media's depiction of events is “a gross mischaracterization.” This is really frustrating and a bit disappointing. Oh well, I hope that investigation will lead to a quick resolution of the problem of Susan G. Komen withholding money that was once given without reservation.

[roguevalley]

7. they ruined themselves. i wont donate. too bad.

[roguevalley]

12. only twenryfour percent goes to research anyway

[arikara]

51. That is precisely why I've avoided all that pink ribbon propaganda

for years. And it really distresses me how they get all these well meaning volunteers and bereaved family members to do their PR and fundraising for them.

Pink for the cure my arse. Its more like pink to fill our pockets and make us rich.

[Frances]

22. I won't donate either

I would never have known that the percentage that goes to research is so small if it had not been for their mistake in cutting off PP. But now the cat is out of the bag. They need to change a lot more things before I will support them again.

[rocktivity]

50. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101443205#post48


rockivity

[blm]

8. TOUGH!!! The mask is OFF and it is staying OFF. Komen doesn't want to be EXAMINED more closely

for its ties to big business and its covering for corporations whose products cause cancer.

That's all this reversal is about.

[cyberpj]

13. OR Handel's past which exposes her election fraud activities in Georgia for years.

As governor and otherwise.

Read the details in this poster's link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101611673

[peace frog]

30. Yep, covering their highly exposed backsides

is what this is allllll about. And never fear, the RW have any number of schemes with which to defund PP. Same as it ever was.

[Serial Mom]

9. Fu@k them ... hope they still won't get all donations people vowed not to give

Read this fact based blog written last Oct before thing started - eye-opening!!

http://butterbeliever.com/2011/10/22/i-will-not-be-pinkwashed-why-i-do-not-support-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure/

[RainDog]

11. the damage is done nt

[Loge23]

15. Agree - their brand is toast at this point. (nt)

[wryter2000]

14. Great news

Maybe the next bunch of RW aholes who get this bright idea willl think twice.

I won't be donating until there's a total change in top management, though.

So, with all the extra money raised, this is a large jump in funding for Planned Parenthood!

[DeschutesRiver]

32. Same for me - nothing unless the idiots who were in the driver's seat on this are gone. nt

[yardwork]

16. Have they reversed the cuts to cancer research that involves stem cells? I see nothing about that.

[JTFrog]

27. +1 n/t

[Botany]

17. Somebody saw this train leaving the station

$400,000 + per year ...... with benefits

[renate]

28. I know it's not nice to criticize a person's appearance

But she had a choice (ha!) about what to do with her hair, and that's what she did? On purpose? Why?

Love the gravy train picture!

[Serial Mom]

52. She had to show everybody her "unwrinkled" botox forehead!

[patrice]

54. Why isn't $100K a year enough? you know, . . . for the sake of the cause and all?

Why doesn't $300K MORE for mission & goals matter?

I really, Really, REALLY want to know!!!

[tabasco]

56. $400k a year at a friggin' CHARITY??

Unconscionable.

[Tx4obama]

18. Here's a LINK with a STATEMENT

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

[madaboutharry]

19. Agree that they are damaged.

I wouldn't give to them. I will give to Planned Parenthood.

The mask is off the organization. The executive salaries, the corporate connections, and the internal politics are now common knowledge.

[Stuart G]

20. Too late..in my opinion...nt

[Hepburn]

21. KnR!!!!!

I just heard this, too!

[JTFrog]

24. But will anyone ever trust them again?

Doubtful.

[avebury]

25. Too late.

Who would trust an organization that backs down ONLY because the masses have turned against them? I wouldn't.

[fifthoffive]

26. Too late

SGKF's attack on Planned Parenthood, and all the women they serve, brought to light the nearly $12 million dollars they stopped giving to universities and other organizations using stem cells in their cancer research.

The fact that SGKF also spends donated money to sue other fund raising organizations using "for the cure" in their name or advertising is repugnant.

I hope people will find worthy organizations to send their money to and drop SGKF from their charity lists.

[Lex]

29. Komen's statement is just corporate double-speak and they'll do what they want

anyway. They won't get another dime from me. It'll go elsewhere.

[Serial Mom]

31. They are only self-serving repukes...

My friend wrote - "IMO their position has not changed: "We 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." They will only consider PP again once the "legal BS" is cleared up."

Edit spelling

[aquart]

39. Yeah, they don't seem to be trustworthy people.

[evilhime]

33. IT's BS

They couched their decision and changes in a way that would still stop them from making the grants . . . and this time they will do it quietly so no one knows. They change their mission and policy statements to suit their current agenda which is anti choice and anti embryonic stem cell research. http://www.care2.com/causes/susan-g-komen-foundation-also-stops-funding-embryonic-stem-cell-research.html I still will not donate to them. They are a marketing company now making companies who do things in pink rich .

[dballance]

34. NOT a Dime

I don't care if they bowed to the pressure and I have to say it is sad they had to bow to the pressure and realize what shits they are. I won't give them one penny more for their pink ribbons. Take those pink ribbons and wrap them around your hypocritical necks you shits.

When you stop being appointed to positions in government by W Bush I might think you are actually someone who cares about people. Until then I'll just think you are a right wing asshole. How much did you make?

[DesertRat]

35. It's the right move, but..

Komen soiled its reputation by taking the initial action they took. Three of their top execs resigned in protest and trust in the organization has taken a big hit. They have A LOT of damage control to do.

[rocktivity]

45. Their only chance is if their TOP top execs step down

CEO Brinker and VP of Public Policy Handel.

in the meantime, here's where you can take your breast cancer donations.


rocktivity

[Lone_Star_Dem]

36. Please update with a link to the actual article (provided below)

Komen backs off decision on funding cuts

NEW YORK — In a reversal of Susan G. Komen For the Cure's funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, the founder and CEO of the nation's largest breast-cancer advocacy agency said Friday that the group would amend the criteria that sparked a firestorm.

"We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligiblity to appy for future grants," Nancy G. Brinker, the agency's ambassador, said in a statement.

"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives."

Brinker's statement reiterated that Komen's original decision was not "done for political reasons, or specifically to penalize Planned Parenthood."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46243184/ns/health-womens_health/#.TywZ0eR62So

[aquart]

40. I don't want Brinker's statement. I want her resignation.

[tawadi]

37. Good.eom

[aquart]

38. Left rage routs right rage.

STUFF THE REVERSAL. I want resignations.

[The Second Stone]

41. SGK is about having six figure salaries for top execs

and spending only 25 percent on research. "For the cure?" How about "For the money, power and prestige?"

[indie_voter]

42. they really haven't reversed much.

They aren't promising future funding. They always planned on honoring existing grants which were most likely already paid out. They're saying PP can apply for future grants but no guarantee they will be awarded them.

We 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.

This reads to me as damage control and trying to get control of the message while they figure out how to deny any future grants without causing a furor. I don't think they'll be able to do so but I think they're trying to buy themselves some time.

[avaistheone1]

44. Komen Foundation no longer deserves our trust. We need to watch them like a hawk

before granting them any further support.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

46. Komen needs to clean house of the right wing ideologues. They're still not

being honest, and their weasel worded statements suggest it's just desperate spin to stop the bleeding.

[rocktivity]

48. How to take your business elsewhere

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=262629


rocktivity

[just1voice]

49. They can't take the truth back, that they're RW extremist ideologues

with an anti-American agenda, an anti-science agenda and more concern for their politics than for women with cancer.

[uppityperson]

53. No, they aren't. Or rather, only partially.

Only "existing grants" will be funded, and it depends on how they interpret investigations.

The group will amend its new criteria to ensure that disqualifying investigations must be "criminal and conclusive" in nature, the statement said. Komen officials had originally said they cut funding to Planned Parenthood because the group is the subject of a Republican-led federal investigation fostered by anti-abortion advocates.

[patrice]

55. Are these the kinds of people we want making decisions about our health care? elder care?

[Auntie Bush]

57. All those petitions we signed had an effect

Not to mention all the extra donations to PP. Komen couldn't hide her pure political evil.

[donheld]

59. No they are not.