The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has announced that it will no longer provide funds for breast cancer screenings and prevention to Planned Parenthood. The Foundation has recently been the focus of a campaign by the anti-abortion Life Issues Institute because it also performs abortions and maintains it is one of the largest chain of abortion mills in the US.
The Association Press has reported that the Komen Foundation gave $650,000 to Planned Parenthood in 2011.
On January 31, 2012, CBS News reported the.Komen Foundation had issued a statement that new guidelines had been instituted that prohibits organizations under investigations from the government from receiving financial support. Planned Parenthood is being investigated by the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee in Congress for allegedly using federal dollars for abortions.
Planned Parenthood has been also under scrutiny by some members of the African-American community because of the high proportion of abortions being performed on Black women. Film maker Molotov Mitchell, who recently produced the film, “Gates of Hell” has alleged that Planned Parenthood from its inception, under the direction of Margaret Sander, targeted Black and minority women. It has also been targeted by The National Black Catholic Congress.
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