Despite initial claims that Komen defunded Planned Parenthood for being under government investigation, the group's leaders are now denying this, according to this Washington Post article.

Despite initial claims that Komen defunded Planned Parenthood for being under government investigation, the group's leaders are now denying this, according to this Washington Post article.
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It’s now less clear why Planned Parenthood lost the Komen funding. Komen had initially told the Associated Press that Planned Parenthood could not receive funding because it was under government investigation. But today, in no uncertain terms, [President Elizabeth] Johnson indicated that the decision actually had very little to do with an ongoing congressional probe.

“First and foremost, it doesn’t really have anything to do with that,” she said, adding that she didn’t know “very much” about the investigation because she works “20 hours a day focusing on our mission.”

So why did Planned Parenthood lose funding? Brinker says it has to do with the fact that they do not provide mammograms to women, but only provide mammogram referrals. “It was nothing they were doing wrong,” she explained. “We have decided not to fund, whereever possible, pass-through grants. We were giving them money, they were sending women out for mammograms. What we would like to have are clinics where we can directly fund mammograms.”

Think they’re telling the truth about this?

Yeah, right…
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1. zhounder reblogged this from cactustreemotel
2. isthisfacetiousenough answered: Just to put this out there… My OB/GYN doesn’t perform mammograms either. He refers me to some place else. It’s an equipment thing.
3. hebitaka answered: No. PP does provide mammograms when allowed by the state law and regulation.
4. randomberlinchick likes this
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6. letmeseeyoureyes reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
  
  Yeah, right…
7. silverstar98121 answered: Not on your life! Just another lie to make them look better. Until women can just order up their own mammograms, you need a referrer.
8. landofdoom answered: Interesting, since their foundation is forbidden from funding for-profit clinics. Where, aside of PP, are these non-profit mammograms?
9. bakethatlinguist likes this
10. goddamnedpansies likes this
11. thereluctantintellectual answered: Nope. It shouldn’t matter that they just provide referrals. Many women us PP b/c of cost. It’s about reaching people, and that’s what PP does
12. therealsaisai answered: They should be PR-savvy enough to know anything involving PP needs to be handled with utmost delicacy and discretion.
13. bostonfly answered: she might be focused on the mission, but she needs to know what’s happening — which is bullshit.
14. notexactly likes this
15. madgastronomer reblogged this from alexandraerin and added:
  
  And it certainly doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that Komen’s Vice President ran for governor of Georgia on a...
16. abandonedsandals answered: Fuck, NO.
17. sarahlee310 answered: Jumping around with the reasoning because the skillet got hot. I don’t believe it for a minute.
18. sarahlee310 likes this
19. blanketfrt answered: Fuck no.
20. recursiveselfimprovement answered: Hell no.
21. knitandstuff answered: No because PP does breast exams and IF they find something abnormal they referrer out. Which the grants helped pay for.
22. politicsis reblogged this from shortformblog
23. trinibird answered: no
24. cactustreemotel reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
  
  when your story starts changing just as the backlash looks intrusive? No.
25. 2frazzled likes this
26. searchingforknowledge reblogged this from alexandraerin and added:
  
  Whoever wrote teh short form blog…why the hell would you take their word for it? Especially when they have found...
27. smidgetz answered: hell no they aren’t they re covering their asses the leader of komen is explicitly conservtive
28. gaysquib reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
  
  Komen’s funding was only allowing for 6400 mammogram referrals, but it was giving out 170,000 breast exams. So I still...
29. elaforge answered: Yes, possibly.
30. waitingforrelease reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
  
  I call bullshit. This makes me so angry. It’s now less clear why Planned Parenthood lost the Komen funding. Komen had...
31. retreadingmypath answered: Of course they’re not telling the truth. Because some Planned Parenthood clinics *Do* give mammograms.
32. prolongedeyecontact said: They’ve said in the past they couldn’t give direct grants b/c most providers are for-profit and they’re barred from giving to them. They needed PP to give out referrals and pay for the mammograms for the patients. They’re just back tracking now.
33. munchausenish answered: no
34. alexandraerin reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
  
  Oh, yes. The second explanation that makes them sound better is clearly and obviously the truth. And the reason the...
35. jgreendc said: The scandal over this is absurd.
36. abakkus answered: seems like a load of bullshit quite frankly. too much evidence points towards anti-choicer agenda
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