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Planned Parenthood gets image boost

Planned Parenthood sues the State of TN over fundi: Lyndsey Goodwin, of Planned Parenthood, talks about the funds that were stripped at the beginning of the year and what they were used for. Lyndsey Godwin works at Planned Parenthood, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum say it is “unfortunate” and “disappointing” that the Susan G. Komen [...]

Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood after Komen decides to cut breast …

NEW YORK — Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization. Besides $400000 in smaller donations from Bloomberg Donating to Planned Parenthood After Komen Cuts – NYTimes.com (NYT: City Room) “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, responding [...]

Bloomberg offers $250000 to Planned Parenthood to make up funds shortfall

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has entered the controversy over America's largest breast cancer advocacy group's cut in funding to Planned Parenthood by vowing to make up $250000 of the missing funds out of his own pocket. The breast cancer charity hurts itself, not Planned Parenthood, by bowing to the GOP. By Michelle Goldberg. New [...]

Money pours into Planned Parenthood. Was Susan G. Komen misunderstood?

The right's recent jihad against Planned Parenthood is about as loathsome as anything I've ever seen come out of them. They simply don't care anymore how many people they hurt or how much harm they do to anyone they In a tense interview, Komen Foundation founder Nancy Brinker and MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell discuss the breast [...]

Planned Parenthood supporters denounce Komen's funding halt

The news this week that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, after years of pressure from political groups, will end its support of lifesaving breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood health centers comes as a blow to women Planned Parenthood of the Heartland says pills at their health centers in Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas [...]

Charity pulls plug on Planned Parenthood, inciting critics

Komen Foundation cuts off Planned Parenthood — permanently? By REBECCA MADDEN Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York recently lost $95000 in Teenage Services Act funding from the state, which eliminated that program to assist pregnant and parenting teenagers. Martha E. Stahl, vice president of Planned Parenthood is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]

Planned Parenthood Seeks to Replace Komen Breast-Cancer Grants

Following a barrage of criticism of the Obama administration from the Catholic Church, Planned Parenthood today launched a national TV ad campaign praising newly mandated contraception coverage in health insurance plans, including those offered by By CNN Political Unit (CNN) – The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation revealed Tuesday it was cutting funds [...]

Planned Parenthood will recoup, but will Komen?

Susan G. Komen ends grants to Planned Parenthood | Breast cancer giant had donated millions to Planned Parenthood. Tonight, pro-choice women across the country are beyond furious that Komen has dropped its funding of breast exams through Planned Parenthood. It's doing so, the group says, because new rules preclude Komen from donating to any group [...]