Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen's Anti-Abortion VP, Drove Decision To Defund Planned Parenthood

[Tx4obama]

WASHINGTON -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation's leading anti-breast-cancer charity, has insisted that its since-reversed decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood arose from a routine change in criteria for grant eligibility that had nothing to do with abortion politics.

But a Komen insider told HuffPost on Sunday that Karen Handel, Komen's staunchly anti-abortion vice president for public policy, was the main force behind the decision to defund Planned Parenthood and the attempt to make that decision look nonpolitical.

"Karen Handel was the prime instigator of this effort, and she herself personally came up with investigation criteria," the source, who requested anonymity for professional reasons, told HuffPost. "She said, 'If we just say it's about investigations, we can defund Planned Parenthood and no one can blame us for being political.'"

Emails between Komen leadership on the day the Planned Parenthood decision was announced, which were reviewed by HuffPost under the condition they not be published, confirm the source's description of Handel's sole "authority" in crafting and implementing the Planned Parenthood policy.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/karen-handel-susan-g-komen-decision-defund-planned-parenthood_n_1255948.html

NOTE: There are details and quotes in the article on the above link that I've not seen elsewhere, it's a Good Read

[aquart]

1. Do you suppose they've noticed she was wrong?

[Mopar151]

2. What about the stem-cell reseach defunding story?

Was that a red herring, or did they sneak the big money under the radar?

[avebury]

3. The problem with that plan, was the fact that they also did not

defund the hospital connected to Penn State which is also under federal investigation. You cannot have two organization under federal investigation and defund one and not the other and still claim that the decision is not political.

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!!

[Stuart G]

5. K and R thanks for posting..nt