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Originally Posted by Danzig
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-livin...200300991.html
of course the story broke a few days ago, but it's getting more heated. note this in the story i linked above:
'Komen maintains that its decision was not politically motivated -- a spokesperson says that the move was a result of the breast-cancer charity's new rule barring grants to organizations that are under investigation by the local, state, or federal government.'
but then you read this:
The Huffington Post reports that the decision came just months after Komen hired Karen Handel to be their senior vice president for policy in April 2011. Handel ran for governor of Georgia in 2010 on a pro-life platform and promised to eliminate state grants to Planned Parenthood, even as she acknowledged that the state money did not fund abortions or abortion-related services.
"First, let me be clear, since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood," Handel wrote on her campaign blog, which is still available in Internet archives.
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When I had first read this it seemed very clear that it was a result of the hiring of Handel and her previous anti-choice positions. It is a shame because it's hard to boycott restaurants etc that support Komen because of all the good they do, but at the same time...