Planned Parenthood Quickly Recovers Lost Komen Funds

Planned Parenthood Federation of America may have already replaced the $680,000 in funding it lost from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation for its breast-cancer prevention programs, the group said today.

Riding a wave of Internet appeals, Planned Parenthood received pledges of $400,000 from 6,000 donors as of 2 p.m. yesterday, said Tait Sye, a spokesman. Three large donors also surfaced: The Amy and Lee Fikes’ Foundation, run by the head of closely-held Bonanza Oil Co. in Dallas, pledged $250,000; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he’ll match the next $250,000 given and Credo, a mobile-phone company, promised $200,000.

The decision by the Dallas-based Komen foundation has spurred a tsunami of online comment and petitions that added political fuel to the dispute and involved corporate funders for Komen, including Yoplait, the French yogurt maker, among others.

“This has been a contentious issue,” said Chief Executive Officer Nancy Brinker of Komen in a conference call.

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KnowTheTruthToday

Keep on doing what is right, and long term, you won't go wrong.
http://www.missiontoisrael.org TedRWeiland

Keep on doing what is wrong, and long term, you'll be judged for it!
- Myrtlelinder
  
  I really don't think you can expect any better out of Bloomberg!! Wonder why his mother did not know about abortion??
  - JIM
    
    she did …she wast just to busy getting drunk to get one
  - Linda F.
    
    You know, for someone who claims to be pro-life you sure are doing everything you can to prove that you're pro-death, Myrtlelinder. You can't claim that you oppose abortion one moment, and then turn around and say that you wish your enemies had been aborted.
    - Myrtlelinder
      
      I actually thought if she were prolife why was he not prolife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JIM

that's great !!!!! now with private donations like that we should be able to get the taxpayer off the hooks for funding planed abortions ….I'm pro choice…… and I choice not to pay for your abortions
- Myrtlelinder
  
  was your mothere pro-choice, too? If so, what happened?
Robert De Leon

PP keep in mind this: "Tell a lie one hundred times and people will think its true". The whole PP rhetoric is based on lies. So people believe it. The fact is that PP is the biggest murdering factory in America. Bloody money!.
Robert.
- http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
  
  Robert, you should be able to answer your own question. The catholic church has told a lie a thousand times and you believe it.
Myrtlelinder

You can depend on the reaping, That applies to every individual living, with one exception. REPENT, GIVE IT ALL TO GOD, YOU CAN BE SAVED, IF YOU DON'T WAIT, TOO LONG.
Sunshine

I am glad to see Komen Foundation ditch Planned Parenthood. I support breast cancer research and support for those suffering from the disease, but I quit supporting them because of Planned Parenthood. I did not want one cent going to PP.
- RAM
  
  Komen retracted their stand against Planned Parenthood. They are back in the fold, with the immorality and murder of Planned Parenthood
Linda F.

I wonder how much of the money that was donated to Planned Parenthood will be used for breast cancer screening. Very little, I would imagine.
Maxine

BLOOMBUGER IS A NUT CASE HE NEEDS TO GO WAKE UP AND GET RID OF HIM
RAM

I believe this was a signal, given by God, to us. Those that stand by immorality and murder of Planned Parenthood, and those that stand by God. Mans standards can justify anything, and does. This will make it a lot easier to not endorse Komen, and hopefully wake a lot of people up. God Bless.