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Avalux

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5. How sad when cancer prevention and treatment are held hostage by politics.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 06:10 PM

Feb 2012

I personally know of the good work being done at Hershey and at least a couple people who are still alive from experimental treatments that have saved their lives. I'd hate to see the funding cut off.

That said, what IS the justification for continuing the grant to PSU, but not to Planned Parenthood?

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Komen's $7.5 Million Grant To Penn State Appears to Violate New Policy [View all] babylonsister Feb 2012 OP

Bitch please RockaFowler Feb 2012 #1

Oh no! avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #2

Oopsie is right! City Lights Feb 2012 #3

Look like hypocrites? sarge43 Feb 2012 #4

+1 nt gateley Feb 2012 #11

You're right. City Lights Feb 2012 #13

Not so much a hole, a disaster that just won't stop sarge43 Feb 2012 #23

How sad when cancer prevention and treatment are held hostage by politics. Avalux Feb 2012 #5

Precisely and a responsible organization would fire both Brinker and Handel. avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #6

SK took the hostage. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #20

such hypocrites.... NotThisTime Feb 2012 #7

I think the Hershey school has a lawsuit montanacowboy Feb 2012 #8

Also this federal investigation at Penn State avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #10

Thats the school for boys, not the Medical school. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #21

I feel sort of naive and taken. Turbineguy Feb 2012 #9

I think they suffered from something many large organizations gateley Feb 2012 #12

They were also keeping a ton of money for their personal benefit avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #14

See? Just like the big boys! nt gateley Feb 2012 #15

Unfortunately yes. avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #17

SMOKE, MEET GUN! Komen, Meet Pink Tsunami! rocktivity Feb 2012 #16

Yeah, but like the vatican, protecting & harboring child abusers is ok Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #18

To be expected when you kick open Pandora's box o'politics. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #19

I really hate the double standard here! ananda Feb 2012 #22