Komen Foundation Exploits Breast Cancer Mission to Make War on Planned Parenthood | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Komen Foundation Exploits Breast Cancer Mission to Make War on Planned Parenthood | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet: "A large share of the clients served at Planned Parenthood clinics are low-income African-American and Latina women. The National Cancer Institute identifies lack of access to early and effective screening for breast cancer (and hence lack of early treatment) as a primary reason that African American and Latina women die of breast cancer at higher rates than the general population. In fact, Komen itself recognized these links in a 2011 statement on its relationship with Planned Parenthood:

While Komen Affiliates provide funds to pay for screening, education and treatment programs in dozens of communities, in some areas, the only place that poor, uninsured or under-insured women can receive these services are through programs run by Planned Parenthood.

But Komen's support has now been withdrawn"

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