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borealis 1st February 2012, 08:51 PM This is just wrong. My sympathies to American women who have to put up with this religio-political crap. The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. Planned Parenthood says the move results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress — a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146158331 Jerome 1st February 2012, 08:58 PM A Congressional investigation is kinnda' a big deal, if the organization is doing s...

borealis 1st February 2012, 08:51 PM This is just wrong. My sympathies to American women who have to put up with this religio-political crap. The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. Planned Parenthood says the move results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress — a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146158331 Jerome 1st February 2012, 08:58 PM A Congressional investigation is kinnda' a big deal, if the organization is doing s...

borealis 1st February 2012, 08:51 PM This is just wrong. My sympathies to American women who have to put up with this religio-political crap. The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. Planned Parenthood says the move results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress — a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146158331 Jerome 1st February 2012, 08:58 PM A Congressional investigation is kinnda' a big deal, if the organization is doing s...