Komen Backs Off Decision on Funding Cuts

"I have dedicated my career to fighting for the rights of the marginalized and underserved," she wrote. "And I believe it would be a mistake for any organization to bow to political pressure and compromise its mission."

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Gina said:

I hadn't seen this yet. Very good news!

The decision to stop funding under a rule that was applied only to Planned Parenthood, was a firestorm of their own making. They fund cancer research at Penn State, which is also under investigation, but did not cancel their funding. Kind of undermined the whole rule thing.

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liblady said:

well yeah, because it was political. so is the reversal. dummies!

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Samhain said:

So the moral of the story is: Once you donate to Planned Parenthood, you are not allowed the stop.

Sounds like the mob.

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Samhain said:

Koman likes boobs.

They should stick to that strategy.

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Amigo said:

What people aren't saying is that abortion itself is a cause of breast cancer. :doh

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From the website of the National Cancer Institute:

"In February 2003, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) convened a workshop of over 100 of the world’s leading experts who study pregnancy and breast cancer risk. Workshop participants reviewed existing population-based, clinical, and animal studies on the relationship between pregnancy and breast cancer risk, including studies of induced and spontaneous abortions. They concluded that having an abortion or miscarriage does not increase a woman’s subsequent risk of developing breast cancer."

A summary of the findings can be found in the Summary Report: Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer Workshop.

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Amigo said:

National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion Breast Cancer Link | LifeSiteNews.com

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Is abortion linked to breast cancer risk?

A few retrospective (case-control) studies reported in the mid-1990s suggested that induced abortion (the deliberate ending of a pregnancy) was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. However, these studies had important design limitations that could have affected the results. A key limitation was their reliance on self-reporting of medical history information by the study participants, which can introduce bias. Prospective studies, which are more rigorous in design and unaffected by such bias, have consistently shown no association between induced abortion and breast cancer risk (18–23). Moreover, in 2009, the Committee on Gynecologic Practice of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists concluded that “more rigorous recent studies demonstrate no causal relationship between induced abortion and a subsequent increase in breast cancer risk” (24). Major findings from these recent studies include the following:

Women who have had an induced abortion have the same risk of breast cancer as other women.

Women who have had a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) have the same risk of breast cancer as other women.

Cancers other than breast cancer also appear to be unrelated to a history of induced or spontaneous abortion.

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