Comments on: Komen CEO denies politics in Planned Parenthood cuts https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/02/02/komen-ceo-denies-politics-in-planned-parenthood-cuts/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/02/02/komen-ceo-denies-politics-in-planned-parenthood-cuts/#comment-11624 bowser Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:51:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9387#comment-11624 Too bad, certainly a good cause until they took it political. Elizabeth Dole did the same thing to the Red Cross. Neither organization deserves public support now. The funds Komen donated to PP were used for mammograms, not abortions. "The Komen president is a major GOP donor, Bush appointee as ambassador. "As RH Reality Check pointed out Wednesday, Komen's board also includes a staunchly anti-abortion member: "Second, sitting on Komen's Advocacy Alliance Board is Jane Abraham, the General Chairman of the virulently anti-choice and anti-science Susan B. Anthony List and of its Political Action Committee. Among other involvements, Abraham helps direct the Nuturing Network (sic), a global network of crisis pregnancy centers known for spreading ideology, misinformation and lies to women facing unintended pregnancy. Also on the board of Nuturing Network (sic) is Maureen Scalia, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia." http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/komen-founder-republican-donor Too bad, certainly a good cause until they took it political. Elizabeth Dole did the same thing to the Red Cross. Neither organization deserves public support now.

The funds Komen donated to PP were used for mammograms, not abortions.

“The Komen president is a major GOP donor, Bush appointee as ambassador. “As RH Reality Check pointed out Wednesday, Komen’s board also includes a staunchly anti-abortion member:

“Second, sitting on Komen’s Advocacy Alliance Board is Jane Abraham, the General Chairman of the virulently anti-choice and anti-science Susan B. Anthony List and of its Political Action Committee. Among other involvements, Abraham helps direct the Nuturing Network (sic), a global network of crisis pregnancy centers known for spreading ideology, misinformation and lies to women facing unintended pregnancy. Also on the board of Nuturing Network (sic) is Maureen Scalia, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/komen-founder-republican-donor

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