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Why would a non-profit organization distort facts for profit? According to two Dartmouth professors, that’s exactly what the Susan G. Komen Foundation is doing with their ads for breast cancer screening, which they say oversell the benefits of mammography, while ignoring the potential negative side effects and spread “false hope” in patients. More
On Sunday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation will hold its annual Mother’s Day Race for the Cure, one of the organization’s biggest fundraising events. But this year, race registrations around the country have dropped significantly, a situation most are attributing to Komen’s February decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood (a move it later reneged on amidst public outrage). More
Former Susan G. Komen Foundation Vice President Karen Handel might be out of the organization, but she’s not out of the Planned Parenthood debate. Many believe that the group’s original decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding was spurred by her personal politics—as an outspoken pro-life supporter, it made sense—but in a new interview with The Daily Beast, she’s insisting that Planned Parenthood was a “gigantic bully,” breaking a previous agreement between the groups to keep quiet about their breakup. More
Following much speculation that Karen Handel, the Susan G. Komen Foundation Vice President of Public Policy, was behind the decision to halt funding for the women’s health provider, she has resigned. Karen had previously run for Governor of Georgia on a staunchly pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood platform, but she swears her decision to leave is, like, totally not political. Sure, Karen. Sure it isn’t. More
This morning, the Susan G. Komen Foundation did an abrupt about-face, and decided that women’s health care was more important than politics and policies.In an official statement, CEO Nancy Brinker stated that the mammoth pink foundation would continue current funding for Planned Parenthood, and allow the organization to re-apply for grants in the future.** The decision may not win back supporters–the fallout has been epic–but there’s one big advantage to the entire debacle: it got us all talking about the important of breast health care for all women. More
