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Failed Former Susan G. Komen VP Talks About Planned Parenthood ‘Bullying’

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM September 14, 2012
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Karen Handel, the anti-gay, anti-choice former VP of the Susan G. Komen/Komen for the Cure Foundation, talked to (really, at) MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell yesterday.

Bigotry Watch

Breaking: Susan G. Komen Founder Nancy Brinker, Other Leaders Step Down

by David Badash ● 9:16 AM August 9, 2012
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Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker will step as CEO, more than eight months after the breast cancer foundation announced it was dropping Planned Parenthood.

Discrimination

Komen Founder Begs Congress For Cash As Race For The Cure Fundraising Plummets

by David Badash ● 10:01 AM April 2, 2012
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Komen founder Nancy Brinker is asking Congress for $275 million to fund cancer research, after fundraising efforts plummeted when they dropped Planned Parenthood.

Analysis

Susan G. Komen and the Cancer Within

by Clinton Fein ● 7:15 AM February 10, 2012
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure, in the wake of its decision to defund Planned Parenthood ended up subjecting itself to harsh scrutiny from which it can’t run nor hide.

Civil Rights

Komen Founder Nancy Brinker Tries To Spin Handel’s Resignation

by David Badash ● 11:38 AM February 7, 2012
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“We have made mistakes in how we have handled recent decisions and take full accountability for what has resulted,” Komen founder Nancy Brinker claims — spinning.

Bigotry Watch

Unrepentant, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen After Planned Parenthood Attack

by David Badash ● 11:06 AM February 7, 2012
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An unrepentant Karen Handel was forced to resign from Susan G. Komen for the Cure today, after her attack on Planned Parenthood. Read her resignation letter here.

Media

Washington Post Offers Cover For Komen And GOProud’s Hypocrisy

by David Badash ● 2:29 PM February 4, 2012
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The Washington Post let a GOProud co-founder to lash out at Planned Parenthood without bothering to properly identify him as a former Planned Parenthood operative.

Bigotry Watch

Komen: The Extreme Anti-Gay Views Of Their VP Who Dumped Planned Parenthood

by David Badash ● 2:44 PM February 3, 2012
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A 2010 interview with Komen VP Karen Handel, which focuses on her positions against gay rights, gay adoption, and gay marriage, just one year prior to joining Komen.

News

Komen Reverses, Apologizes, Reinstates Planned Parenthood Funding After Outrage – Maybe

by David Badash ● 11:35 AM February 3, 2012
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Komen has just reversed its decision to drop Planned Parenthood funding, after a week of national outrage that took the Texas-based cancer non-profit by surprise.