Komen Board Member Claims They Haven’t Caved on Planned Parenthood Funding…
The fact of the matter is four days ago Planned Parenthood was not eligible for any future grants, now they are. Bottom line: Komen caved.
Via LifeNews:
Following a new statement Komen for the Cure released making many observers believe the breast cancer charity reversed position on whether it would fund grants to Planned Parenthood, one Komen board member says it hasn’t caved.
Komen board member John Raffaelli talked with the Washington Post after the statement was released and said the new announcement doesn’t necessarily mean there is any reversal until and unless Planned Parenthood receives additional funding beyond what was already planned before Komen’s December decision.
“It would be highly unfair to ask us to commit to any organization that doesn’t go through a grant process that shows that the money we raise is used to carry out our mission,” Raffaelli said. “We’re a humanitarian organization. We have a mission. Tell me you can help carry out our mission and we will sit down at the table.”
Posted by ZIP on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 1:39 pm | 
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Want to bet they got a call from the Justice Dept or the IRS?
Do they think everybody is stupid?
They did or did’nt…………make up your mind.
want to bet the white/Arab prez had his hand in this..
Their phone lines must have burnt up along with their email server.
But… it’s too late.
Nothing they can do or say will restore Conservative support.
Now all they have is the abortionists backing them.
Good luck
This is their “oh shit” moment, when they realize that they just received an ass load of donor money specifically because of their decision to drop planned parenthood. They are trying to do damage control with conservatives who are sure to demand their money back. Haha! Fucking idiots!
Keep digging, fools.
Nope. Komen blew it. I will actively avoid anything with a pink ribbon on it from now on.
The next step is to try and guilt conservatives into leaving their donor money with them by claiming that people wanting a refund obviously hate women.
Maybe if they published the vast numbers of women that have breast cancer that can only be treated with an abortion.
First one in with a lie always wins.
Friends,
Don’t concern yourself with how Komen funds other organizations, you can always not contribute to Komen if it really bothers you. Direct your energy towards stopping FEDERAL funding of Planned Parenthood as it does not
need taxpayer money…as is supported by the wealthiest Americans, Buffett,
Gates, Oprah…and countless number of celebrities..
Just a thought
There is a study that says women who have had abortions are 5 times more likely to get breast cancer. Ironic
from now on all i will see is a pink ribbon with a dead bloody baby in it…
If in doubt and you have given to this organization – ask for a refund….only then will you know for sure – that you haven’t fund Plan Parenthood.
Wonder what Bloomberg’s going to do about the $250K he committed to make up part of the missing Kormen funds?
Are they going to RETURN all the donations that came because of their ORIGINAL stand??????????????????//
@jane says:
February 3, 2012 at 1:56 pm
from now on all i will see is a pink ribbon with a dead bloody baby in it…
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Would be one hell of a photoshop after all of this…
they can take their pink ribbons and other pink shit and choke on them; an “oh, shit” moment indeed; how friggin’ stupid do they think we are?
Taking a page from the John Heinz Kerry book of excuses.
Sounds like they are waiting to see what happens to donations before they commit. They were up 100% yesterday or so they said. My question – Will they say how much they are down today and how many demand a refund?
Pelosi: Komen reversal a ‘big victory’ for women’s health
By Mike Lillis – 02/03/12 01:26 PM ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the Susan G. Komen foundation’s retreat from its decision to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood is a victory for women’s health.
The California Democrat predicted the foundation would continue to get support from her party but suggested the public — and women in particular — might not be so quick to forgive and forget.
“We certainly will be able to support them as we have in the past,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. But the extent of the public backlash, she added, is “a question of what other people in the country think about it.”
“It was an unfortunate situation but it was dealt with in a short period of time, [and] I commend the Susan G. Komen foundation for seeing the light on this,” Pelosi added. “[It] just goes to show you, when women speak out, women win. Women’s health has a big victory this morning.”
Komen churned headlines Wednesday by announcing it would no longer provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual grants to Planned Parenthood for women’s cancer screenings. The group said the decision was derived from a new policy against funding organizations under investigation by Congress. On Friday, it apologized for that decision and said it would only deny funds to a group under a criminal investigation.
Planned Parenthood is currently under the microscope of House Republicans over whether the group uses federal money to fund abortions, but Komen said its action on Friday would make Planned Parenthood eligible to apply for funding.
Stirring accusations that politics influenced Komen’s initial decision, the policy to reject funding for Planned Parenthood was adopted after Komen hired Karen Handel — a Georgia Republican who once ran for governor on a platform that included defunding Planned Parenthood — as its senior vice president of public policy.
Pelosi on Friday downplayed the notion that politics was behind Komen’s decision to sever ties with Planned Parenthood.
“I can only take [the group] at its word,” Pelosi said. “They made one decision, and now they have reversed it, with a good outcome. I think we should just go forward with that outcome and focus on … women’s health.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/abortion/208581-pelosi-komen-reversal-is-big-victory-for-womens-health
Some people are just stupid. Donations to Komen skyrocketed suddenly, when the announcement was made. Instead of riding on that wave, they chose to jump off, and cave into murderers. Well, even though it only hurts the recipients of that service, I want that wave to crash to a stop, and to head in the other direction. Maybe when they see that their charity will actually and literally LOSE money, thanks to their association with a business that refuses to acknowledge that they make their money off child murder, they might wise up.
Might.
Oh, waaay too late. Next time, try sticking to your position and pointing out that PP does nothing but *referrals* for bc screenings/mamograms. And that they are under NO obligation to provide money for PP– they are supposed to be focusing on bc *research* for a CURE.
Become a solely research funding non-profit, and PP goes away. ‘Cause PP is only in the killing business, not in the saving lives business.
@Xavier says:
Wonder what Bloomberg’s going to do about the $250K he committed to make up part of the missing Kormen funds?
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He put a stop payment on the check.
Komen acted like the typical celebrity/politician that does/says something that stirs conservative support and gets quickly dragged through the mud by the media and left-wing politicians.
Komen, instead of realizing how good this move would be for donations and how good this move would be for actually combatting breast cancer (since their money wouldn’t be completely wasted on non-cancer related pursuits like abortion), chose not to get scolded by a minority of people.
Guess nobody told Komen that one does not simply ‘walk away’ from a gang.
…You gotta get ‘jumped out’.
I don’t understand why we need either of these groups, doesn’t ObamaCare give free screenings, mammograms and abortions? Wasn’t that why he was elected, all health care for free?
/do I need a sarc tag?
You know, I donated in the past, because I didn’t know about the PP tie-in. Now, I will donate no more.
Raffaelli said. “We’re a humanitarian organization. We have a mission. Tell me you can help carry out our mission and we will sit down at the table.”
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How about Koman actually setting-up a place where women can get low cost MRI’s?
Raffaelli = Idget
Close Koman they are bastards,there hands are dirty their money help to kill baby’s…
You Should Find the Anti-Komen Backlash Disgusting, Even If You’re Pro-Choice
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290083/you-should-find-anti-komen-backlash-disgusting-even-if-youre-pro-choice-daniel-foster
BTW, Meghan Kelly had a couple lawyers on a bit ago and they said ‘good luck’ trying to get back any donations to SBK, unless you stipulated in writing your money was not to be used for anything related to, say, abortion.
Komen is now damaged goods. They spent over $200 million on equities in 2010 and 2011. Only 21% goes to research. Everything else goes to make something pink to distract us from the people enriching themselves from a huge trust.
I hope next October, the NFL can go the month without looking like it was hosed down with Pepto Bismol.
Could they possibly handle this worse than they are? It’s off, it’s on, it’s off. They are trying to please everyone and will end up pleasing no one.
Maggie says:
February 3, 2012 at 3:01 pm
You Should Find the Anti-Komen Backlash Disgusting, Even If You’re Pro-Choice
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Thanks for that link. I had no idea there was that type of shenanigans going on. I thought it was just a bunch of people posting facebook status updates.
Komen not only give grants to Planned Parenthood, but they also give grants to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance. I stopped participating in the Race for the Cure when I found this out. Look carefully, people, at the organizations your favorite charities support.
When I found out about the Komen reversal, I tried to go to their website. It was erroring out because of the traffic. Seems to be running better now. I encourage other to drop them a line on their contacts page.
“There is a study that says women who have had abortions are 5 times more likely to get breast cancer. Ironic.”
I’ve seen this claim made on a number of commenting threads and I just wanted to point out that it’s not true:
http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancer/MoreInformation/is-abortion-linked-to-breast-cancer
Regardless of how you feel about this Komen/PP brouhaha, let’s let opinions be opinions and facts be facts.
I hate that they think they own not only breast cancer but the colour pink!
They are a tumour themselves.
Such efficiency, one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing. The only thing they were threatened with was a massive loss of funds and exposure from their libral friends coupled with fewer invites to all those swell cocktail partays and soirees. This is smoke and mirror damage control to fool gullible pro lifers into continuing their support.
jane says:
February 3, 2012 at 1:56 pm
“from now on all i will see is a pink ribbon with a dead bloody baby in it…”
Market it. You may make a fortune.
As an aside, whenever you see something pink, there is a good chance that a portion of the proceeds goes to Komen.
Fellow 2nd Amendment supporters, pay particular attention to this. They have partnerships with a few manufacturers that produce pink guns and give money from sales to komen.
Never again from me. They sold their souls to babykillers.
If they wish to be fair, it’s simple. They should only give money to organizations that actually do screening for breast cancer on-site. Not ones that just refer people. This is a big mistake on Komen’s part. They will see their donations fall because of it. Liberals and the rest of the pro-murder bunch are not going to donating to them, because few did before.
Komen probably didn’t want her home torched to the ground by another Radicalized Democrat group….
Let’s face it… Democrats are the party of death; as money used for Breast research will (instead) be spent upon endless Democrat pregnancy terminations…
I must ask, why the hell were you funding them in the first place? And, assuming you realize that you made a horrible mistake, why has it taken you so damn long to come to your senses? Haven’t you been paying attention to your own industry especially over the last 3-4 years?
Like minds. That’s what it looks like to me. They’re in cahoots, still. All this stuff lately is just a big scam to garner donations since several of the normal channels, like the taxpayers, are closing down now. If you gave to them, you got suckered. When it comes to this issue, it is wise to wait and let it play out completely. These people have always employed extreemly deceptive tactics. I can only hope you’ve learned your lesson.
Another resource, in additional to the many other valuable links of info, is this website. The newsletter has quite a stir on this whole situation, too.
http://www.prolifealliance.com/default.htm
Apparently, this isn’t the “reversal” the media claims that it is. Komen had already promised to honor existing grants, and they amended their criteria so that organizations under criminal investigation won’t qualify. Planned Parenthood is ALWAYS under criminal investigation in at least one state at any given time, so they won’t ever qualify.
http://www.jillstanek.com/2012/02/decoding-komens-supposed-cave/
If Komen is spending 20-23% of donations on breast cancer research, I really don’t see the difference if they also fund PP or the Nth Korean nuclear program or just buy Oreos. It’s already a disgusting misuse of donations milked from people’s good nature.
Not one of you would have the balls to start raising money for a kids sports team, or a firefighter fund, or anything else and only forward on 1/4 of the money you raised. There’s words to describe you doing that, like “scam” and “fraud”.
And remember I think a lot of you are cnuts, but not on that scale. That’s some ostracised-from-society level of douchebaggery.
I am anxiously awaiting the 3 day “spiritual” (The Komen Walk) walk in Dallas this year. I am going to provide all of my Christian friends that participate with the garbage these clowns do with the money they raise. They said their donations skyrocketed when they dumped PP. It’s amazing the spineless people that operate corporations and charities these days that are unwilling to take a stand.
Cowdude
I actually gave these people money. I didn’t know i was helping to kill babies.I will never give these pro death slime balls another cent.
Re Re says: how friggin’ stupid do they think we are?
First-rate.