The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch
Blog Categories: Politics | News | Chow | Music | Do This! | Media | TV | Arts and Culture | Fun in General | Sports | Cinema | Snapshot | more categories»
Friday, February 3, 2012
News Komen Reverses Planned Parenthood Decision
Posted by Dan Gibson on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:22 AM
While the Southern Arizona chapter is somewhat unaffected (since they haven't made grants to Planned Parenthood), the national board of directors for Komen Race for the Cure has apologized for its costly PR move earlier this week and will continue to fund grants made to Planned Parenthood:
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives.The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.
Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.
Comments (3)
Showing 1-3 of 3
Previously in the Range
More by Dan Gibson
-
World of Beer Location Coming to Downtown
- Apr 11, 2013
-
Here's a Woman After Tom Danehy's Popeye's-Loving Heart
- Apr 10, 2013
- More »
Staff Pick
March Against Monsanto
March against Monsanto and GMOs (refers to genetically modified organisms in food) at noon, Saturday, May 25,… More
Popular Content
- Warning: You Have One Week to Submit Your Best of Tucson Ballot (The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch)
- The Continuing Saga of Amy's Baking Company; No Press Conference, No PR Firm (The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch)
- Of Course It Exists: Here's the Trailer for Jodi Arias' Lifetime Movie (The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch)
- 'SF Chronicle' Calls Tucson Cool, So It's Time to Abandon the City (The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch)
- Hungry? Check Out the Food Trucks by Weekly World Central (The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch)
© 2013 Tucson Weekly | 3280 E. Hemisphere Loop, Suite 180, Tucson AZ 85706 | P.O. Box 27087, Tucson AZ 85726-7087 | (520) 294-1200 | Powered by Foundation
