Exactly. And even at that point I hope those that decided to send their donations to Planned Parenthood instead of Komen continue to do so...
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll believe it when I see it.. IE Planned Parenthood issues a statement > saying that the funding has been restored > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72416.html >> >> Susan G. Komen backs down on Planned Parenthood >> By: David Nather >> February 3, 2012 11:30 AM EST >> >> Susan G. Komen for the Cure is backing off of its decision to cut off >> grants to Planned Parenthood, announcing in a blog post that the >> organization will continue to be able to apply for future grants. >> >> We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the >> country over the last few days to help us move past this issue, >> Komens founder and CEO, Nancy Brinker, says in the statement. We do >> not want our mission marred or affected by politics anyones >> politics. >> >> The full text of the blog post: >> >> >> We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that >> cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving womens lives. >> >> The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our >> supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We >> have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our >> funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically >> penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not. >> >> Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by >> not funding grant applications made by organizations under >> investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that >> disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature >> and not political. That is what is right and fair. >> >> Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and >> families in the fight against breast cancer. Amending our criteria >> will ensure that politics has no place in our grant process. We will >> continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned >> Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, >> while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding >> decisions that meet the needs of their communities. >> >> It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to >> pause, slow down and reflect on how grants can most effectively and >> directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of >> women. We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation >> across the country over the last few days to help us move past this >> issue. We do not want our mission marred or affected by politics >> anyones politics. >> >> Starting this afternoon, we will have calls with our network and key >> supporters to refocus our attention on our mission and get back to >> doing our work. We ask for the publics understanding and patience as >> we gather our Komen affiliates from around the country to determine >> how to move forward in the best interests of the women and people we >> serve. >> >> We extend our deepest thanks for the outpouring of support we have >> received from so many in the past few days and we sincerely hope that >> these changes will be welcomed by those who have expressed their >> concern. >> >> >> >> This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 11:28 a.m. on Februa >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346268 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
