{"id":6981,"date":"2012-02-03T00:16:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T08:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2012-02-03T00:16:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T08:16:54","slug":"support-women-not-susan-g-komen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/03\/support-women-not-susan-g-komen\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Women, Not Susan G. Komen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The decision to defund Planned Parenthood<\/a> by Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is especially hurtful to poor women, who have no health services other than Planned Parenthood.  I am convinced that they are not being honest about their claimed reason, and that their real reason is to support the ongoing Republican vendetta against Planned Parenthood.  I fully support aid for breast cancer screenings for women, and am happy to tell you that there is a way we can support breast cancer screenings for all women, but leave the Komen foundation to their political intrigues.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Tuesday’s news that Susan G. Komen for the Cure is ending funding it provided to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings has led to increased scrutiny of Komen’s staff, which\u2014as I reported previously<\/a>\u2014includes a federal lobbyist who pledged to defund Planned Parenthood<\/strong> while campaigning for governor of Georgia.<\/p>\n

Komen’s founder is pretty conservative, too. Komen CEO Nancy G. Brinker<\/a>, who founded the foundation in memory of a sister who died from breast cancer, was the chief protocol officer<\/a> for the United States from 2007 to 2009 under the George W. Bush administration<\/strong>, and before that served as his ambassador to Hungary.<\/p>\n

Brinker is also a major Republican donor, and has given more than $175,000 to Republican candidates and the Republican National Committee since 1990<\/strong>, according to donor data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics<\/a>. Her late husband<\/a>, Norman Brinker, was the chairman of Brinker International Restaurants, which owns the chains Chili’s, Maggiano’s, and Macaroni Grill. Norman Brinker gave more than $440,000 to Republicans between 1990 and his death in 2009<\/strong>…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Komen\u2019s supposed reason for this is that Planned Parenthood is under a Congressional investigation, and they do not fund organizations under investigation, they say.  Well that investigation was called by one lone congressman, Cliff Stearns (R-FL).  He has done nothing to follow it up.  Furthermore, Penn State is involved in a serious criminal investigation, but Komen still funds Penn State\u2019s Hershey Medical Center.  That\u2019s why I discount their claim.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) criticized Komen on the House floor.<\/font><\/p>\n