Posted on 03/30/2011 7:46:10 AM PDT by wagglebee
“...then somebody at Komen has committed a serious felony”
If we have some of their solicitations, either Komen or PP, that mention that the funds will be used for mammograms and the funds are diverted, then maybe a complaint to the IRS to have their 501(C) exemption revoked or to the Consumer Protection agencies of the various states to have their license to solicit funds revoked would work faster than complaining to criminal authorities.
Citizens can make those complaints.
The info on the Komen website certainly implies that there are mammograms (and even breast cancer treatment) being performed at Big Murder clinics:
http://ww5.komen.org/uploadedFiles/Content/AboutUs/MediaCenter-2/planned_parenthood_winer_2010.pdf
It’s a very cleverly worded press release. When discussing breast cancer, it mentions that mammograms are an integral part of prevention.
But it never actually says that PP does mammograms — in fact, it hardly says that PP does ANYTHING, except to offer “programs”.
“in some areas, the only place that poor, uninsured or under-insured women can receive these services are through programs run by Planned Parenthood.”
So, if PP runs a “program”, and that program signs up women and then helps them find doctors who will do mammograms and other tests, they are in fact “programs run by Planned Parenthood”, even though PP is hardly necessary.
The write-up also uses the words “screening”; that can include doing surveys, and breast self-exams, both of which PP does “offer” (the idea that you need to go to a PP clinic to do a breast self-exam is kind of funny, but I presume the idea is they will teach you how to do it).
And it is true that PP has set itself up as a pass-thru provider for many small communities, in some cases it seems using government money to monopolize the industry so there’s no chance for another provider to step in, except to be a service provider to the PP programs.
It is quite possible that if we stopped all government funding of PP, and instead directed that money to organizations who directly provide the services we want to fund, that we’d get those services popping up throughout those areas where PP holds the monopoly now.
Mamogrm equipment is very expensive nd buying that would cut into their profit margin.I’m surprised they even tried to claim this when it is so easily disproved.I’m not sure they offer even pap smears since I’ve never heard of them doing one?All I know they do is offer BC and abortion and I’d be very suspect of getting BC at place where you know their main buisness is abortion.
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