{"id":44815,"date":"2014-01-05T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=44815"},"modified":"2014-01-05T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T17:38:07","slug":"komen-race-for-the-cure-sees-22-decline-in-donations-following-planned-parenthood-funding-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/komen-race-for-the-cure-sees-22-decline-in-donations-following-planned-parenthood-funding-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Komen Race for the Cure sees 22% decline in donations following Planned Parenthood funding controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Race for the Cure has hit a wall. Breast Cancer giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been embroiled in funding controversies, and a new report shows that its\u00a0 revenue are plummeting, not only for its once-popular race, but also for its organization at large.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/komen-sees-big-drop-contributions-dispute-21418196\" target=\"_blank\">Reports show<\/a> that Komen had a 22% drop in donations in the year after the controversy over its donations to Planned Parenthood. Reports also showed that \u201cfewer people took part in its fundraising Races for the Cure across the country. The organization announced last summer that it would cancel half of its three-day charity walks for this year because of a drop in participation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Komen donates about $700,000 to the abortion giant for \u201cbreast cancer screenings,\u201d which don\u2019t include actual mammograms. Planned Parenthood facilities aren&#8217;t even licensed to perform mammograms, nor do they have the proper equipment to do them. Still, Komen persists in donating money for screenings. And its begun to hurt the breast cancer research organization in the pocketbook.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Early in 2012, news of Komen\u2019s funding to Planned Parenthood became widespread and controversial, causing Komen to distance itself from Planned Parenthood\u2014for three days. In that time, Planned Parenthood demanded a resurrection. Taking to the power of social networking and using its bullying skills, the abortion provider accomplished two things: It got Komen to reverse its decision and continue to fund them, and it helped the abortion provider raise about $3 million more with its pitiful pathos that made Americans give out of sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>While the funding fiasco of early 2012 is what brought this issue to the forefront, Komen\u2019s real mistake was filtering funds through the nation\u2019s largest provider of abortions, which didn&#8217;t provide mammograms, the most common and accurate way of detecting breast cancer. Komen\u2019s unwise decision was one that would inevitably cause it problems.<\/p>\n<p>Several problems exist in the Komen\/Planned Parenthood dysfunctional relationship.<\/p>\n<p>First, the obvious problem is that Komen is supposed to be providing help for women with breast cancer. To use a middle man to get women the most immediate attention is irresponsible, at best; it\u2019s deadly, at worst.<\/p>\n<p>Second, numerous studies have shown there is a correlation between abortion and incidences of breast cancer. The <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10552-013-0325-7\">most recent meta-analysis<\/a> published last month reports that \u201cCompared to people without any history of [induced abortion], an increased risk of breast cancer was observed among females who had at least one [induced abortion].\u201d You can <a href=\"\/news\/india-study-exposes-abortionbreast-cancer-link-planned-parenthood-tries-to-hide\/\">read more on that here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third, Planned Parenthood has lied repeatedly Most recently in regards to this controversy, few remember what Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said back when she was busy doing cyber bullying of Komen. As Planned Parenthood raked in $3 million extra as it pleaded for sympathy at losing Komen\u2019s donations, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/susan-g-komen-reverses-course-will-keep-funding-planned-parenthood\/\">Richards said<\/a> the extra outpouring of public \u00a0donations would allow them to &#8220;expand our breast care work beyond our wildest dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, some dreams look more like fantasies. As its recent annual report showed, even the limited breast health services the abortion provider does offer were declining, not rising. In 2011, the organization reported doing\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/actionfund\/docs\/ppfa_ar_2012_121812_vf\/1\">639,384<\/a> breast exams; however, in its 2012 report, it shows <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/actionfund\/docs\/ar-fy13_111213_vf_rev3_issuu\/1?e=1994783\/5940818\">549,804<\/a> such exams.<\/p>\n<p>What Komen found is that in its lifesaving mission, it partnered with the angel of death and in the end, Planned Parenthood got richer while Komen has lost millions of dollars in donations and corporate sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes \u201cWhen you dance with the devil, the devil don&#8217;t change&#8230; the devil changes you.\u201d One can hope that Komen chooses a better dance partner for its next performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Race for the Cure has hit a wall. Breast Cancer giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been embroiled in funding controversies, and a new report shows that its\u00a0 revenue are plummeting, not only for its once-popular race, but also for its organization at large. Reports show that Komen had a 22% drop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":20212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Komen Race for the Cure sees 22% decline in donations following Planned Parenthood funding controversy - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/komen-race-for-the-cure-sees-22-decline-in-donations-following-planned-parenthood-funding-controversy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Komen Race for the Cure sees 22% decline in donations following Planned Parenthood funding controversy - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Race for the Cure has hit a wall. 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