A Fight for the Unborn
Have
you ever donated to Susan G. Komen For
the Cure? Maybe you’ve participated in a Pink Ribbon Race for the Cure. Its seems like a good idea for such a noble
cause, right? Well….maybe you might want to think twice.
Until recently, the Susan G. Komen Breast cancer
association donated to Planned Parenthood every month. The decision to
discontinue funding, according to a Washington Post article on February 1,
2012, was that Planned
Parenthood was under investigation by Congress, and Komen for the Cure had "adopted new guidelines that bar it from funding organizations under congressional investigation." Within days of
announcing their discontinued funding to Planned Parenthood, the pro-life
population showed its support of the decision by increased donations. Now that Komen was no longer supporting the
pro-choice crowd, donors appeared more willing to pledge their monetary support
to the organization. On February 2,
Newsbusters.org reported that donations to Komen were up 100%. The World
Wide Web was alive with comment on the increase. One blog posted a survey, asking readers if
Komen’s decision would affect their contributions...To read more, watch for the premier issue of Voice of Valor ... coming June, 2012!
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