What a shock to see the Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus email recently promoting the Race for the Cure in Ohio. Race for the Cure is a fundraising event for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, a group founded and run by Bush Pioneer Nancy Brinker.
As you can see at the link below, Ms. Brinker is a large funder of GOP canididates (including Rick Santorum) as well as the RNC
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=brinker&txtState=FL&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=Y&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&Order=NKomen is the largest cause marketer of breast cancer - using corporations to exploit the breast cancer issue to raise a few pennies for breast cancer "research" (the majority of cancer research is funded at the National Cancer Institute and the DoD Breast Cancer Research Program) while lining their corporate pockets with hundreds of millions in profits.
Not only does Komen exploit a tragic disease for corporate profit, they also lobby behind the scenes against important legislative initiatives like the Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Program, (which provides Medicaid coverage to uninsured breast and cervical cancer patients) and funding for research into the impact of environmental factors on the growing rate of breast cancer incidence.
Democratic women can do much better than support the Walmart of breast cancer organizations. They can talk to their party leaders and their elected officials about supporting real changes that will eradicate breast cancer - like
ensuring access to high quality breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for all uninsured women
restoring funding for quality breast cancer research, including research to find out what impact the environment has on developing breast cancer
adequate funding for support services for women who are disabled during breast cancer treatment
protection of patients rights in the workplace and with insurance providers to prevent discrimination based on cancer risk or diagnosis
affordable prices for anti-cancer drugs
Call the Ohio Democratic Party today and ask them to stop supporting GOP backed breast cancer groups. Women's lives are too important to jump on the most flashy breast cancer "bandwagon".
Phone: 1-877-OHIO DEM
"We will not be quiet
We will not go away
And we will not die politely"
On edit: If you're looking for a breast cancer group to support, try supporting the one where President Clinton dedicated a fund in his mother's name - the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund
http://www.natlbcc.org/