in some areas, the only place that poor, uninsured or under-insured women can receive these services are through programs run by Planned Parenthood. These facilities serve rural women, poor women, Native American women, women of color, and the un- and under-insured. As part of our financial arrangements, we monitor our grantees twice a year to be sure they are spending the money in line with our agreements, and we are assured that Planned Parenthood uses these funds only for breast health education, screening and treatment programs. As long as there is a need for health care for these women, we will continue to fund the facilities that meet that need. Ethicists in the Catholic Church have also examined this issue. One year ago, two Catholic ethicists – Ron Hamel, Ph.D. and Michael Panicola, Ph.D. – examined the moral implications of our funding decision. They concluded that it was morally permissible for the church to be involved with Komen in light of its funding agreements with Planned Parenthood. “The fact that some Komen affiliates, at times, provide funding to Planned Parenthood specifically and solely for breast health services cannot on the face of it be construed as wrongdoing,” the ethicists wrote. “The good that Komen does and the harm that would come to so many women if Komen ceased to exist or ceased to be funded would seem to be a sufficiently proportionate reason” for Catholics to support our funding decisions.

This is what the Susan G. Komen Foundation said in 2009 on their own forums about their belief that Planned Parenthood provides needed — and in many cases the only available — breast health care for poor and uninsured women. Yesterday, under anti-abortion pressure, they changed their minds. 

In Planned Parenthood’s budget, 3% goes for abortions; 17% goes for breast and cervical cancer screening. To make ideological points, SGK is willing to see those health-preserving activities go away.

So, SGK, let’s be clear: Not one dime from me. On any of my channels, not one glimpse of pink, not a single mention of any of your activities. To the degree I have a platform, you were just deprived of it. Shame on you.

Source: apps.komen.org

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