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Senators Call on Komen Foundation to Reverse Planned Parenthood Decision

February 2, 2012 at 2:21 PM Leave a comment

I’m glad to see at least some Democrats making noise about the Komen Foundation’s hit job on Planned Parenthood.  Maybe they learned something after having gone along with Republicans, like spineless sheep, in destroying ACORN.

Raising the stakes, the letter explicitly raises the possibility of “thousands” of women losing access to “potentially life-saving screenings because of a politically motivated attack.”

The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to get significantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray.

I’m told that some 22 Dem Senators have signed on to a very toughly worded letter urging Komen to reverse its decision, which Komen has justified by citing a new rule prohibiting it from funding any group under investigation by the government. (This has conferred legitimacy and signficance [sic] on the probe into Planned Parenthood that has been launched by anti-abortion GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida.)

More, including the letter, here.

 

Entry filed under: Democrats, Including Blue Dogs & "Liberals", Repression, Republicans, Including Wingers & "Moderates", Sex, Sexism. Tags: komen foundation, planned parenthood, susan g komen, susan g komen for the cure.