This may be a bit of a Captain Obvious observation, but the ongoing struggle between the Komen Foundation provides proof that Planned Parenthood is not fundamentally pro-choice, or even about the freedom of choice. If PP was really fundamentally in favor of defending the freedom of choice, it would not have set out to destroy the Komen Foundation after the foundation cut off funds to PP.
Komen has the legal, moral and ethical choice to spend its funds as it sees fit within the law. Recipients of those funds are under some obligation to spend those funds in ways that satisfy Komen’s goals and preserve Komen’s purposes and its good name. Komen has made the choice to discontinue funding PP. Is that choice not well within the Komen Foundation’s rights to make? PP has the right to lobby against the decision, of course, but PP has gone much farther than that. It has set out, in a political and media strategy, to destroy the Komen Foundation, apparently both to seek revenge and to warn other PP funding sources not to make the same choice Komen has made.
This is not the behavior of an organization that is, at its core, really interested in safeguarding the freedom of choice.
On the good news side, Komen is reporting that its donations have shot up 100% since Planned Parenthood launched its effort to destroy the breast cancer fighting foundation.
Update: Komen’s Seattle branch is supporting another choice that liberals tend to want to take away from us — the choice to exercise the right to bear arms.
Well, Komen is making the right choice. Filthy little barely out of the back alley types menacing people with flick knives is the visual PP is giving.
I haven’t directly donated to Komen before. But I have deliberately waited until October to buy things from companies that donate the proceeds to Komen. Last year, I refrained from that. It’s not much, but it has been mindful, for me. Two shirts pink shirts, two skeins of pink yarn, two little charm bracelet trinkets, none of it is big on it’s own, but they are big for me. I usually buy a single skein of yarn, or buy one shirt a year, total, and, most years, never buy jewelry. That’s in line with most women I know, more or less.
I found out about the connection last year, and refrained from all but grocery shopping in October. I don’t want any money to go to normalizing pain, grief, fear, despair, and possible suicide of a vulnerable young woman. PP has advertised “solutions” that harm women in the long-term. I grew up with these notions. Nobody’s life is better for having acted on these harpies twisted advice.
First thing: Since Komen is under pressure and scrutiny, only a fool would believe their claim of increased donations. Don’t be foolish.
Second thing: A womens health organization is not supposed to be an advocacy group. Since the replacement of the last VP with a woman hating right wing bibley type, they did what the conservatives have wanted all along – to increase breast cancer is low income women. That is the bottom line with Republicans: If you don’t belong to the cult – you must die.
There is a reason the planet looks at republicans the way they do. Your smallish religous cult is doing harm to humans, especially babies and women. I guess your form of ‘charity’ begins with the 1%?
Shame on you. This is one of the most hateful comments I see on this or any other site. Friemd Jimbo, if this is really how you feel, you have my empathy and prayer. How difficult it must be for you to be so angry and full of bile.
Innaccurate too. Funding for breast cancer research is probably among the highest of all medical research here in the USA. I suppose evil bible thumping men don’t encounter similar health issues?
“According to estimates from the National Institutes of Health, in the United States in 2010, 207,090 women and 1,970 men will get new cases of breast cancer, while 39,840 women and 390 men will likely die from the disease. The estimated new cases of prostate cancer this year — all affecting men — is 217,730, while it is predicted 32,050 will die from the disease.”
“In fiscal year 2009, breast cancer research received $872 million worth of federal funding, while prostate cancer received $390 million. It is estimated that fiscal year 2010 will end similarly, with breast cancer research getting $891 million and prostate cancer research receiving $399 million.”
If what Jimbo believes and states to be true, wouldn’t these research numbers tell a different tale?
Take heart. Men like Jimbo by way of abortion aren’t here for much longer. They’ll abort themselves out of existence at their own insistence, as Europe is quickly in the process of doing.
Good riddance.
Radical Islam on the other hand…
Came looking for butthurt from neo-nazi ‘liberal’ filth.
Left satisfied.
Came looking for butthurt from neo-nazi ‘liberal’ filth.
Left satisfied.