Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Battered Foundation Syndrome II

The Komen foundation reunites with Planned Parenthood after trying to disassociate itself from the nation's largest abortion provider. My print column is up.

UPDATE: In the comments, Quadmom writes:
Factcheck, please:Regarding PP: "Its main business is abortion"Three percent of funding goes to abortion services.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-planned-parenthood-actually-does/2011/04/06/AFhBPa2C_blog.htmlSince when is 3% a majority? Or are you worried that a pap smear somehow leads to abortions? "
Those numbers are a ruse. Planned Parenthood gives away many of those other services and referrals which are funded by government and other sources.

In 2010 Planned Parenthood pulled in an estimated $160 million from its abortion business. It's main business IS selling abortions. And it always has been.

Read this for more.

UPDATE II: From the New York Times edit, I got a kick out of this line.
“With its roster of corporate sponsors and the pink ribbons that lend a halo to almost any kind of product you can think of, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has a longstanding reputation as a staunch protector of women’s health. 
Putting a "halo" over the product of abortion was part of the problem in the first place.