Christian Publisher Pulls Cancer-Awareness Bible After Planned Parenthood Ties Revealed
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A cancer-awareness Bible is being removed from bookshelves at stores around the country. The holy text was scrapped from major retailers’ product roster following revelations that the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a breast cancer-awareness non-profit that was poised to benefit from the book’s sale, has financial connections to Planned Parenthood.
Over the years, Planned Parenthood has been a target among many evangelicals and conservatives, who stand opposed to the organization’s willingness to provide abortions. The Bible was published by B&H Publishing group (a division of LifeWay Christian Resources), which claimed that it would donate $1 from the sale of each book to the Komen Foundation, CNN reports.
Questions about Planned Parenthood’s connection to the foundation have emerged before. The Blaze previously reported that Komen gave more than $500,000 to the organization in 2010. In June 2011, Komen tackled questions about its association with Planned Parenthood in a letter posted on the foundation’s web site. It reads, in part:
The decision to fund any breast health and screening program is based on a thorough assessment of a community’s breast health needs and resources. In some areas of the U.S., our affiliates have determined a Planned Parenthood clinic to be the best or only local place where women can receive breast health care.
In all cases, Komen funding is used exclusively to provide breast cancer programs, including clinical breast exams conducted by trained medical personnel. [...]
Under no circumstances are Komen funds used to fund abortions or other non-breast services, and any service provider shown to violate those rules would be immediately terminated from the Komen grant program.
Screen shot from the LifeWay statement on the controversy
This explanation, though, wasn’t enough to stem criticism. Apparently LifeWay decided to stop selling the books once it realized the connection between Komen and Planned Parenthood. In a statement, the Christian company called the sale of the Bible “a mistake.” The Tenessean has more about the dilemma:
The Bible had been in stores since October. Controversy over it began last week after pro-life websites such as Bound4Life.com and Lifenews.com began complaining.
They cited a report from the Stafford, Va.-based American Life League, which showed that local affiliates of Komen had granted hundreds of thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood affiliates.
“The sign might as well read, ‘Buy a Bible and support abortion!’ ” wrote Susan Tyrrell of the Bound4Life blog.
“When our leadership discovered the overwhelming concern that some of Komen’s affiliates were giving funds to Planned Parenthood, we began the arduous process of withdrawing this Bible from the market,” wrote LifeWay’s President and CEO Thom S. Rainer.
“Though we have assurances that Komen’s funds are used only for breast cancer screening and awareness, it is not in keeping with LifeWay’s core values to have even an indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood,” he continued.
In October 2011, Komen released an information sheet claiming that there’s no scientific connection between abortion and breast cancer (something that may also cause angst among the pro-life community).
Editor’s Note: This version of the story has been updated to reflect some emerging facts. According to a LifeWay Christian Resources representative, the Bible was never sold in LifeWay Christian Stores. Previously, the AP, CNN, USA Today, WORLD Magazine and The Blaze, among other outlets, wrote that it was carried by the store chain. Instead, the books were sold through mass retailers like Walmart — and were published by B&H Publishing group (a division of LifeWay Christian Resources).
(H/T: CNN Belief Blog)
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Comments (92)
BassChick
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:56pmI am a young breast cancer survivor. My fellow survivors and I cringe every October when “BC awareness” rolls onto the shelves. It is frustrating to see so much pink “awareness” stuff being sold by companies that seek to profit off of our pain. Heck, most of us are trying to move on with our lives and really don‘t want to be reminded of the hell we’ve been through.
Glad Lifeway broke ties with SGK, btw
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 4:52pmBasschick
I am thankful for your recovery, I too have wondered about “All the Pink” it seems to me
Report Post »I certainly want a cure for Breast Cancer because that is what killed my Mother and
many more people I know. I wrote Susan G Koman Foundation when the Blaze posted
that article. They immediately wrote me back and said “none” of their donations went to
ward abortions…… That is a crock….. They do not keep that money seperate and “ONLY”
use it for breast exams. The bookeeping would be a nightmare. I will no longer donate to
Susan B Koman unless it breaks ties with PP. I was sending a check monthly when I
found this out……. But didn‘t the guys that exposed Acorn find that they being PP didn’t
even offer mammograms when they were calling in???? I believe most of them said they
did not….
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:13amIt’s about time women started questioning the Komen foundation.
Ladies, this foundation has been giving to Planned Parenthood almost since it’s inception.
I’d also like to point out that the U.S. medical community also claims no link between abortion and breast cancer. Rabidly so.
http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/abc.html
This is a lucrative industry. Make no mistake.
Even consider waste management: Stericycle.
They have been investigating for dumping the remains of these babies illegally in landfills.
Google: stop Stericycle.
This is America. Chopping up babies and dumping them…and women I’m sorry but breast cancer is no accident.
We must have more children and breast feed them. Waiting til we are in our late 20s-40s is killing us.
Besides, we need to replace our workforce or we will end up like Europe..and with a huge muslim population they are 7 to 1.(tyranny in the wings)
Also the treatment for breast cancer could be causing brain damage as studies suggest. We are having our brains radiated. And consider your chemo treated urine in the municipal water supply.
We are the urban middle ages. We are the medical equivalent of refuse lined mud bog roads.
Ron Paul 2012!!
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:47pmI must admit, I don’t research all of the companies I do business with to find out which causes they support. I’m sure if I dug deep enough, I could find something I disagree with about all of them. I think it comes down to weighing the pros and cons. However, when something is brought to my attention I try to reevaluate. I find that a company can use it’s purchasing influence to initiate change in there suppliers (Wal-mart). The same goes for charitable donations.
If we agree that SGK does mostly good work, maybe we can let them know we would donate more if they didn’t contribute to PP.
Then again, if there really is a cure for cancer as Glenn says, then we won’t have to be bombarded with packages with pink ribbons on them for much longer.
Report Post »M1A2_Tanker
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 2:20pmHitler provided a good living for the German Soldiers and their families had food on the table too. Will you still argue that Hitler is mostly good? I mean really look at all the German Women and Children who were provided for! There are things in life that cannot have a “grey area” and be Moral!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 2:54pmAh yes the modern form of banning a book. Very enlightened and reasonable. I’m sure everyone here knows exactly what all the companies they are buying stuff from is doing with their money. You worry about something as trivial as this, but don’t concern yourself with the lobbyists that are paid for by big corporations to influence or flat out buy politicians. Might surprise most here to find out that most of the regulations are actually lobbied for by big corporations to inhibit competition. What’s lacking in our modern day capitalism is real competition. And most of the regulations that present barriers to entry for startups don’t come from liberals, they come from big corporations and the agencies they control…..
Report Post »LibertyBlossom
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 6:54pmSGK is not the only charity out there in the fight against cancer.
Report Post »toto
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 8:31pmIn a strictly purist point of view, if I give money to breast cancer research, I don’t want those funds distributed to another organization that is not doing cancer research. Just shows we all need to know exactly where are charity dollars are going.
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:34pmWell,,, I am STUNNED that Komen would allow any link to Planned Parenthood Abortion,, The Red Cross felt the wrath of the American Public after they Decided to “Spend” some of the Money Donated for the September 11 Victims Families,,, I feel this News should Put the Komen Foundation out of Business,, But we MUST Continue the Battle against Cancer and The Battle Against Abortion,,
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:15amBother_ Ed:
the SGK does not do mostly good work.
They blatantly deny the cause of cancer so how can the cure it.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 4:04pmMaybe the new planned parenthood slogan could be “Stopping Cancer before it starts through abortion”.
Report Post »Or “You cant get a disease if you never get a life”.
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 5:51pmvery clever NEOFAN
Report Post »Pacapapa
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:35pm@desertrose
Report Post »3%? Is that a fact? Wow what a coincidence. That is the exact same amount of poison in rat poison the other 97% is harmless food to get the rat to eat it. Look how it turns oout for the rat.
Centralsville
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:34pmNothing but modern left-wing feminism. It has ties to both abortion rights groups and breast cancer groups.
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:20pmThis has always been how PP works-they try to look as though they are “helping” women but in reality they are maiming women and their souls. Lifeway was correct in pulling this Bible. The funds given to PP absolutely frees up other monies to pay abortionists.
Report Post »Cornflake
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:20pmI contacted the local PP facility in my neighborhood, and they didn’t provide any breast screening programs, or treatment at all! I heard about the Susan Komen organization funding PP more than a year ago! How low down to state that one is striving to save lives, and then support an organization that takes life. I’m tired of being lied to. I’m tired of being misled. I’m tired of being tired of organizations that will link their name on anything to make a buck, without full disclosure of where that money is going.
Report Post »Deckle
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:19pmGreat move. I love this bookstore and this is the right decision!
Report Post »Sister Miriam
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:45pmPlanned Parenthood is an insidious organization with dark roots. They promote “women’s health care” as their cause but abortion is their cash cow. The organization reported over 1 Billion dollars in assets in 2008. I heard a radio ad from them not too long ago which featured a pleasant sounding woman touting all of the “health services” available at PP. Notably absent from her list? abortion. There is growing research that links breast cancer to abortion and the birth control pill. The joke’s on us women who pay the price for buying into the lie. PP makes money while people’s lives are destroyed literally and figuratively.
Abby Johnson’ book “Unplanned” is an honest and fair portrayal of her journey in the PP organization and what led her to finally see the truth of the PP agenda.
God help us all.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:30pmAMEN to that SISTER!
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:32pm“Under no circumstances are Komen funds used to fund abortions or other non-breast services”
However, when you give money to Planned Parenthood for just breast services, it frees up their other donations to be used for abortions.
This is the problem with donating to any organizations who support abortion services. Even churches, like the Methodist church. The head offices financially support abortion services. Even if you stipulate at the local level that your donations be used in a certain way, it still frees up the other monies to be used for abortions.
Just don’t give to those organizations. Unfortunately, I am forced to pay federal taxes and they do support abortion services.
Report Post »Plan B
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 4:11pmAre you serious about the Methodist Church supporting abortions?? Link Please
Report Post »Plan B
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 4:19pmWow, I am shocked. I just looked that up. I can not believe that the Methodist Church-or any church for that matter is “fighting to keep abortion safe and legal”. I truly had no idea that that was happening in a mainstream religion. Where is this world heading???
Report Post »osucowgirl88
Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:03pmMany local Methodist church members have no idea that the denomination’s highest authorities support abortion and gay marriage. Some divisions within the church have also supported OWS.
There are organizations that are trying to get the word out. Methodists, don’t give up on your church! Go to http://goodnewsmag.org/about/ to learn more about the growing movement to return Methodism to it’s tradition of scriptural Christianity!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:19pmSeems their idea of “fighting breast cancer” is to kill the female child in the womb?? Praise abortions (murder) but praise murderers on death row?? The left loonies know no bounds!!! Unfortunately there is a valid reason for an abortion but the ongoing majority of them are NOT i.e. “Birth Control” is NOT nor should it EVER be a reason for an abortion!!! When Roe vs Wade was declared by the US Supreme Court we had two options abstain or use lamb skin condoms, How many options do we have now?????
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:43pmThe difference between Liberals and Conservatives are ,,, Liberals want to KILL the Innocent babies,, and Protect the GUILTY Murderers .. while Conservatives want to Protect the Innocent and KILL the Guilty Murderers
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:03pmCan‘t understand why people and or companies don’t check things out before they make a move. It’s been known for a long time that they support planned parenthood. I just don’t get it!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:30pmI was going to get a Cancer Awareness Bible, but Sexual Harassment Panda told me not to. :)
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:37pm@Ghost, that makes me a sad panda….. ;)
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:58amSome people are slow, I saw this almost a year ago and I’m not even in the know! I spoke about it on posts and was clobbered for speaking against such a Godly orgaization as Susan B!
Report Post »randy
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:15pmI don’t know about the rest of you, but I am so sick of seeing Susan G. Komen Foundation packaging on everything I need to purchase. Even right down to the loaves of bread in our local store…. Given a choice, I choose the one without the un-godly pink bow! Susan G. Komen Foundation supports killing of Babies….
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:20pmYou’re right randy,
Report Post »And for them to set there and say none of their funding helps planned parenthood with abortions is assinine. If hyou help plan parenthood keep the lights on you’re supporting abortion.
BernieKittyCat
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:35pmI hear you, Randy. They have been exceptionally good at marketing but at what cost? I’m turned off, too. I could barely watch football in October. More and more they seem to be bullies pushing everyone into supporting the cause. I understand the desire to end cancer but with the huge cash cow that is Komen, can I really trust they want to find a cure thereby putting themselves out of business? I’m a skeptic I guess. God bless everyone who has any incureable disease. I pray for your healing.
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:49pmI like to believe that “I am pretty well informed” but it slipped under my radar,,, but now that I have this info,,, no more Pink ribbons on products for me,,
Report Post »SIG40ONDAHIP
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:52amAwesome job Lifeway!
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 2:57pmWhat is even better is they aren’t supporting any of those evil evolutionary biologists who are working on a cure for cancer! Better to die with cancer the way god intended then get cured by evil godless science!
Report Post »c.rozycki
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 3:39pm@scienceisnot… For such an intellegent person, plesae explain to us idiots how abortion will help find the cure for cancer? I’m glad God is in control and not science… we’d all be non-existent.
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 5:19pm“how abortion will help find the cure for cancer”
That isn’t what I said. Please read what your holy book says about lying before you speak to me again.
Report Post »LaureenMillarHolt
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:19pmSeems that they ought not have published it in the 1st place….it’s called “commercializing,” & I think it’s demeaning to the Scriptures.
Report Post »GOOGLE THIS
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:51amI have supported G.Koman for yrs…. not anymore… I will support another breast cancer charity from now on.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:44amWhy are Christians putting any identity on a Bible except God’s and what manner of translation it is? People should not be reading the Bible to learn about or support Cancer Awareness. They should be reading it to learn God’s Word.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:18pmit is just a different bible with different devotions. as an owner of quite a few bibles, my child has a veggie tales bible where the characters point out verses that are informative and relevant to children, same with my mom’s devotional bible, same bible just devotions for women raising children. this is the same idea
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:41pmThere are many organizations and companies that produce bibles using some of their own pictures and comments and such.
Regardless, why support a company producing bibles by buying one if you don’t support what they do with their money? I have a Susan G. Koman pocket calendar at home that is going in the trash. I got it for free and was going to give it to someone else but not now.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 3:59pmI understand the idea, Horsecrazy. I hate it. The Bible shouldn’t be taylored to individual groups. It is God’s Word for ALL His people. It is different for one group to another.
I just think the Bible should be treated more reverently than that. it shouldn’t be “marketed” or balkanized. Anyone should be able to pick up any Bible and, if it is in a language he can understand and a decent translation, he should be able to use it as profitably as anyone else.
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:36amGiven that “LifeWay” does not stock Catholic Bibles, but rather sells anti-Catholic books pointing out the “errors” in Catholic theology, I had no reason to visit one of these stores to begin with. Given their stance against the Komen Foundation, it’s just further reason to avoid them. Planned Parenthood spends 97% of its time and money on women’s health issues other than abortion, it does not spend Komen money or Federal funds on abortion referals or abortion procedures. I guess the 3% outweighs the other 97%, and God forbid that the Komen Foundation would want to inform people that there is no connection between abortions, miscarriage, and breast cancer, it’ better that they should let the Pro-Life people spread rumors.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:49amYou keep spouting that lie that Planned Parenthood spends 97%, ********, 95% of the women who go to planned parenthood go to the clinics pregnant, and 90% of those leave no longer with the burden of being pregnant. What do the other 5% of the people that go there get heart transplants it’s got t be something mighty expensive for 5% of their patients to use 97% of their funding.
Report Post »GOOGLE THIS
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:50amYour incorrect. There are PROVEN ties between abortions and miscarriage, ask any OB/GYN. Also planned parenthood spends more than 3% of their funds on abortions. I think the one spreading rumors is you.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:52am“95% of the women who go to planned parenthood go to the clinics pregnant, and 90% of those leave no longer with the burden of being pregnant.”
I’m interested in where your statistics are from. The 97% is a well-documented statement based on Planned Parenthood’s own tracking system. I’m guessing yours are from the same? Could you show the study?
Report Post »Primacyoflife
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:54amDesertrose1960 you need to look at the actual research before talking about the link between breast cancer & abortion. The link has been shown in 55 different studies world wide. In simple terms, the changes in breast cells during pregnancy revert to normal after a spontaneous miscarriage. After an abortion the cells do not revert back to normal. These undifferentiated cells are prone to cancer.
Report Post »As a Catholic myself I ask that, UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE CHURCH DON”T SPEAK FOR THE CHURCH.
I am so happy that LifeWay did this. More people need to know about the evil that the Susan G. Komen foundation is involved. DO NOT BUY THE PINK RIBBON. They claim to want to fight against breast cancer while supporting abortion which is linked to breast cancer.
zorro
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:57amYou meant you’re “catholyc”, not Catholic.
I also love it when PP supporters say “this money is not used for abortions.” If it’s used for salaries, for electric bills, and for rent, it’s used for abortions.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:59amExactly how does the Komen foundation know that none of their grant money pays for PP abortions? Does PP have a separate checking account showing all the Komen deposits and do the checks written on that account prove the money was spent exclusively for breast screenings and other women’s health programs? Same with federal funding. Show me honest accounting that proves none of that money was/is spent on abortion.
Report Post »Ojebuss
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:14pmIf it is only 3% I don‘t see the reason that they couldn’t just stop doing the abortions. Such a small percentage could easily be replaced by adoptions. There is never a good reason to kill someone. Be they inbred, retarded, handicapped, or just the wrong color of eyes. Being a Catholic my self, I feel its my duty to avoid SGK promoted products. Saying “o its only 3%“ is like saying ”o its only a little arsenic in the water”. The water will help you but the arsenic will still kill ya in the end.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:25pmSwampRose, just how exactly do you justify ripping apart unborn babies in the womb? How can you explain away a baby’s beating heart at just a few weeks of gestational age? Have you had any children? Have you experienced the joy of feeling that little one move around inside of you? Probably not. Even if you did, you probably sought “help” for your “inconvenience” at the nearest PP clinic to have the poor baby dismembered and vacuumed right out of you courtesy of those Komen dollars.
No doubt you would fight tooth and nail to save some endangered desert slug that absolutely no one knows about but you have no problem with killing unborn children. What a sick, perverted, morally-bankrupt individual you are.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:37pmdesertrose – yes, if your numbers are true, the 3% DOES outweigh the 97%. Abortion is murder and I will not support it.
Report Post »Observant1
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 1:04pmLifeWay is owned and operated by the SBC, a Protestant Denomination. No one should be surprised that LifeWay does not endorse Catholic Theology. I wouldn’t walk into St. Mary’s Bookstore and expect to find books on salvation by faith alone.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 2:22pmWell that changes everything, they are only spending 3% of their budget to kill babies. Are you for real? Killing any baby because it is an inconvenience or will “ruin the mother’s life” is not a good reason. If you don’t want to do the time, don’t do the crime; except in this case “use a condom” or don’t have sex at all. You want all the fun, but none of the consequences.
As far as the Christian book store removing the book from their shelves, it is their call. The own the store they can determine what to sell or not to sell or who to support or not to support.
I am really sure PP does not use Komen funds for abortions, yeah right, I have some dry swamp land in the Everglades I can sell you. Here is how they can do it. They receive the funds from Komen into one account, then after a period of time they transfer the funds to a different account, which is not bound by the terms. The other way is they bring the pregnant women into the room under the premise of a breast check, but then while the women was getting her “breast exam”, she gets her abortion. How stupid does Komen and PP think we are?
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:17amI really don“t care about ”Numbers”,, I believe Life begins at CONCEPTION,,, And Plunging scissors into the head of a 6 month old viable Fetus is MURDER.. I was the 3rd Child before MY Mom was even 21,, I am glad that this was back in 1961 before Roe V Wade,,, My Mom is a Wonderful Woman,, That has always wanted the Best for Her Children..and I am still here 50 years later,,
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:35amGood for them! It’s their business and they have every right to choose or not choose the inventory for their stores.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:32amGlad that Lifeway is sticking to their values.. you certainly don’t hear that these days.
Report Post »sister1_rm
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:32amAny time I see the name Susan G. Komen I put the product right back on the shelf. Any time I see a pink ribbon on a product I scrutinize it closely and if no names are named, it too goes back on the shelf.
Truth be told, I’m suspicious of any group that claims to be “for the cure”. What will they do when the cure is found? Suddenly they are out of a job. It doesn’t do their bottom line any good for cancer to be cured, then they can’t claim the need for more fundraising.
Cancer is terrible, to be sure; but anyone who makes their living by fundraising is eating the workers bread and peddling in the market of fear.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:35amBINGO! You get it!
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 12:35pmI so agree with you sister1. So true. So many cancer organizations have a reason for cancer to continue to exist. How can I trust them?
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:02amWhy do we NOT have a Cure for the Common Cold,,, can you say Vicks,,, Halls,,, Robitussen,, and so on…
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:27amI’m good with it! Drive on Christian Store.
Report Post »rachtn30
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:24amIt’s pretty interesting, since this article confirms that Planned Parenthood actually does not perform mammograms and their offices don’t even have the machines to perform them. Good call, LifeWay. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/04/18/komen-admits-planned-parenthood-grants-dont-get-women-mammograms/
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:41am@Rachtn
They perform breast exams and give referrals to the facilities who can do mammograms if they think it necessary. Life News admits as much if you click through a couple of links from the article you provided, saying PP responded back with:
“Planned Parenthood doctors and nurses provide more than 800,000 breast cancer screenings annually. We offer breast exams at every one of our family planning health centers. Like the vast majority of primary care physicians and ob-gyns, we refer our patients to other facilities for mammograms when indicated based on a breast exam, age or family history.”
So you are correct in saying that they don’t do the mammograms themselves, but they still perform exams, provide information, and give referrals to facilities with mammogram machines. The implied insinuation, that PP does nothing for cancer prevention, is very false.
Report Post »Grandmadar
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:24amIf I am not mistaken …there was a story not too long ago where people called different Planned Parenthood offices to schedule Mammograms and were told they did not offer that service. If that be the case this sort of shoots the Komen Institute’s statements out of the water.
Many traveling Life Screening trucks travel around and give very low priced mamograms and other female screenings…some are free. No excuse for people to use lack of insurance to pay for these services. I am sure “Susan” could even pay for these tests directly instead of passing money to PP. That is if they are really concerned about Breast Cancer.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:54amEvery county in the nation has free health clinics that do everything planned parenthood claims to do, except for ABORTIONS. There is zero need for planned parenthood except to give irresponsible people easy access to abortions.
Report Post »captainbars
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:20amgood for them. do your research on pp; when that undercover college guy made calls to random clinics, pp told him they didn’t do breast screenings. and there are more black babies aborted than any other. why isn’t the black communities outraged?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:20amTheir money, their choice.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:48am@Lock – and ours not to support THEM. There are PLENTY of fine cancer organizations to support–in fact, just got a call from one of them this morning. I turned down their invitation to donate money to them because I’ve already chosen another in which to directly invest. In fact we have chosen the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation where they have possibly found a CURE for cancer! See: http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/12/08/how-to-donate-kanzius-cancer-research-foundation :-)
Report Post »Observant1
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:19amI’m proud to work for LifeWay.
Report Post »GOOGLE THIS
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:53amLove them ;)
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:12am“In some areas of the U.S., our affiliates have determined a Planned Parenthood clinic to be the best or only local place where women can receive breast health care.”
Gotta love the scent of total horse crap before lunch.
Report Post »MarsBarsTru7
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:28amI’m on the West Coast. Try stomaching that kind of garbage while eating breakfast.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 11:39amYep, just one of many reasons why I will never purchase anything tied to Komen.
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