I'll believe it when I see it.. IE Planned Parenthood issues a statement saying that the funding has been restored
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72416.html > > Susan G. Komen backs down on Planned Parenthood > By: David Nather > February 3, 2012 11:30 AM EST > > Susan G. Komen for the Cure is backing off of its decision to cut off > grants to Planned Parenthood, announcing in a blog post that the > organization will continue to be able to apply for future grants. > > We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the > country over the last few days to help us move past this issue, > Komens founder and CEO, Nancy Brinker, says in the statement. We do > not want our mission marred or affected by politics anyones > politics. > > The full text of the blog post: > > > We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that > cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving womens lives. > > The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our > supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We > have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our > funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically > penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not. > > Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by > not funding grant applications made by organizations under > investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that > disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature > and not political. That is what is right and fair. > > Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and > families in the fight against breast cancer. Amending our criteria > will ensure that politics has no place in our grant process. We will > continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned > Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, > while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding > decisions that meet the needs of their communities. > > It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to > pause, slow down and reflect on how grants can most effectively and > directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of > women. We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation > across the country over the last few days to help us move past this > issue. We do not want our mission marred or affected by politics > anyones politics. > > Starting this afternoon, we will have calls with our network and key > supporters to refocus our attention on our mission and get back to > doing our work. We ask for the publics understanding and patience as > we gather our Komen affiliates from around the country to determine > how to move forward in the best interests of the women and people we > serve. > > We extend our deepest thanks for the outpouring of support we have > received from so many in the past few days and we sincerely hope that > these changes will be welcomed by those who have expressed their > concern. > > > > This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 11:28 a.m. on Februa > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346267 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
