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[quote=Anonymous][quote]First of all, I am pro-choice. Second, it is clear that most of you have completely bought the planned Parenthood PR campaign. However, I do feel compelled to point out that the reason given by Komen for stopping funding to Planned Parenthood was that PP does not provide breast cancer screenings. Not one single PP facility nationwide provides mammography services. In other words, Komen was paying PP overhead, just so they could refer women to other providers for breast cancer screenings. Komen made the decision that it would be a better use of their funds to pay those providing breast cancer screenings directly. PP was the one who claimed that the decision was based on an anti-abortion agenda. Why would they do that? Because they knew that they could generate public outrage that would force Komen to reverse itself, or at a minimum, generate publicity that would harm Komen and help their own fundraising. It worked. The press, and posters here, now dutifully report that the controversy was over abortion. Komen still provides funding, and, as far as I know,[/quote]

Komem plant...do you work for komen or the pr agency they hired...guess they is money well spent.[/quote]

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