Boy, did Susan G. Komen blow it last week. When news spread of its decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood, support for this decision and positive feelings about Komen dropped like a stone. Every female friend of mine and many male friends lambasted them on Facebook and Twitter. ABC’s The View had a raucous debate with only Elizabeth Hasselbeck showing any support for Komen. Donations for Planned Parenthood went way up and Komen board members threatened to quit if they don’t reverse the decision. Apparently, they did reverse the decision, or so it seems. They are letting Planned Parenthood apply to funding, but that doesn’t mean they are going to give it to them. Even more telling was that the person behind the decision and the new policy that resulted in the decision resigned due to considerable pressure from inside and outside of Komen.
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