Breaking: Two dozen Senators call on Komen to reverse Planned Parenthood decision

[SeattleGirl]

The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to get significantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray.

I’m told that 22 Dem Senators have signed on to a toughly worded letter urging Komen to reverse its decision, which Komen has justified by citing a new rule prohibiting it from funding any group under investigation by the government. (This has conferred legitimacy and signficance on the probe into Planned Parenthood that has been launched by anti-abortion GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida.)

Raising the stakes, the letter — which was spearheaded by Senator Frank Lautenberg — explicitly raises the possibility of “thousands” of women losing access to “potentially life-saving screenings because of a politically motivated attack.”

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The letter is signed by Senators Lautenberg, Murray, Mikulski, Boxer, Cantwell, Gillibrand, Menendez, Wyden, Blumenthal, Shaheen, Begich, merkley, Tester, Akaka, Sanders, (Sherrod) Brown, Leahy, Baucus, Cardin, Feinstein, Franken, and Kerry.

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line

[jaxx]

Good for them. Let Komen's know what kind of anger they have unleashed.

[pappy]

I called my Congresswoman Betty Sutton and urged her to support any effort at an investigation into Koman's charitable status.

Koman claims their new policy forbids them from funding any organization that is under Congressional investigation. If they are under investigation how can they fund themselves. Creates somewhat of a "Catch 22" for them.

[SeattleGirl]

(02-02-2012 05:32 PM)pappy Wrote:  I called my Congresswoman Betty Sutton and urged her to support any effort at an investigation into Koman's charitable status.

Koman claims their new policy forbids them from funding any organization that is under Congressional investigation. If they are under investigation how can they fund themselves. Creates somewhat of a "Catch 22" for them.

And, if they are claiming that their policy forbids them from funding an organization that is under investigation, why did they give a boatload of money to Penn State?

I guess it's okay to give to a place that employed a child rapist, but not okay to give money to an organization that does breast screenings.

[WIDem]

I, too, wrote to my Congressman, and asked him to support Congresswoman DeGette (D-CO) who is the ranking member on the same committee as the investigating ditwad (I'm so angry, I can't recall his name right now-sorry!)

[SeattleGirl]

(02-02-2012 09:15 PM)WIDem Wrote:  I, too, wrote to my Congressman, and asked him to support Congresswoman DeGette (D-CO) who is the ranking member on the same committee as the investigating ditwad (I'm so angry, I can't recall his name right now-sorry!)

LOL, ditwad. Not laughing at you, WIDem; I'm laughing because I'm so angry over this (and the eleventy-billion other anti-people bills, bad moves, and nasty shit going on) that I do the same thing.