{"id":5924,"date":"2012-01-31T16:22:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T22:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2012-01-31T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T22:22:54","slug":"stop-giving-money-to-susah-g-komen-for-the-cure-and-tell-everyone-else-you-know-to-do-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/31\/stop-giving-money-to-susah-g-komen-for-the-cure-and-tell-everyone-else-you-know-to-do-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Giving Money to Susah G. Komen for the Cure, and tell everyone else you know to do the same."},"content":{"rendered":"

Komen collects donations and uses the money to help with cancer. In the past, huge chunks of money were donated to Planned Parenthood to help pay for breast exams and other breast cancer related services at Planned Parenthood facilities.<\/p>\n

Then, Republican Cliff Stearns, a Congressional representative from Florida, launched an inquirey against Planned Parenthood. This investigation is widely regarded as a senseless political move, a mean spirited attack on women and women’s health, and a bunch of crap. <\/p>\n

Apparently, and the details are largely secret at this time, various Right Wing Christian forces went to work to pressure Koman into dropping its funding for Planned Parenthood, and Komen dutifully caved. They either made up or pulled out of their non-profit asses a rule that said that they can’t fund agencies that are under investigation by local, state, or federal agencies. Then, they interpreted this sham inquirey in Congress as an “investigation by a federal agency” which it is not. <\/p>\n

And, thus, under the guise of following their sanctimonious rule, Komen stopped funding help for cancer screening and other breast cancer related services to countless poor and underprivileged women.<\/p>\n

What can you do?<\/p>\n