Amazing What Making Total Asses Of Yourselves In Public Will Do, Huh?

[filkertom]

Susan G. Komen Foundation decides to not drop funding for Planned Parenthood, maybe. I dunno; the wording is that they'll continue to fund "existing grants", so they may not renew the grant next year or somethin'. Much better analysis here.

ETA: Yeah, that's kinda what I thought.

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Comments

[gardnerhill]

Perfect icon for the post!

Ha, too little too late, the damage is done. I chipped in yesterday to Planned Parenthood, and I'm grateful I'm such a tightwad that I never paid out for the Barbie-pink crap anyway. (Which I told the Komen folks in my email.)

My only regret is that this now taints two of the neatest YouTube vids out there: the Pink Glove Dances, One and Two.

[fair_witness]

Y'know, somehow I don't feel any less inclined to donate to http://bcaction.org/ instead of SGK.

[ladymondegreen]

Ayup.

[maiac]

Oh, good. Now they've pissed off the people who think even poor women should have health care and the Forced Birthers who think Planned Parenthood is nothing but an abortion mill.

(Yes, I know the "reversal" is probably just weasel words for "We'll have to come up with another excuse to deny the grants," but lots of people won't pay enough attention to realize that.)

[shockwave77598]

This is the sort of thing you can expect when you make a person who ran for governor on a strict No Abortions Period platform your Vice President.

Whatever good Komen may have done in the past, it's all pissed away now. I'll never buy another pink ribbon and my funds will go to the ACS and PP directly. If your charity wants to get involved with politics, fine -- my money will do the same.

[fair_witness]

And it looks like the scam artists are coming out of the shadows, preying on people who want to donate anywhere besides SGK.