Tag: Susan G. Komen

It Appears I’m Not Alone In Not Forgiving Komen

Filed in National by on March 21, 2012 3 Comments

A Komen insider told HuffPost that “employee morale is in the toilet” since Komen leadership made the controversial decision to defund Planned Parenthood, one of the nation’s most prominent women’s health and family planning organizations. The move was led by anti-abortion executive Karen Handel, then Komen’s senior vice president for public policy, who has since resigned.

“Brinker in complete meltdown,” the source wrote to HuffPost. “People want her to resign but she won’t.”

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Breaking: Komen Caves, Will Fund Planned Parenthood

Filed in National by on February 3, 2012 30 Comments

The Susan G. Komen foundation announced that it will reverse its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, apologizing for “recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.”

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Komen’s Betrayal

Filed in Delaware by on February 3, 2012 13 Comments

Last night commenter Liberal Elite wrote something that I couldn’t stop thinking about: “Looking at the whole picture, it’s easy to see this as a betrayal of women. ”

Betrayal. The word fits.

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The Komen Fiasco Keeps Getting Bigger… And Bigger

Filed in National by on February 2, 2012 24 Comments

What a public relations disaster.  You’d think Komen would have a better spokeswoman, but alas… Via TPM: “Well, let me just for the record tell you, Karen did not have anything to do with this decision,” Brinker responded. “This was decided at the board level and also by our mission, Andrea.” Binker said that the […]

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