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A new report from a Planned Parenthood watchdog finds chapters of the Komen Race for the Cure breast cancer group gave affiliates of the national abortion business over $700,000 last fiscal year. The enormous amount should be a red flag to pro-life advocates, one leading activist says. Figures from STOPP International show Komen chapters giving $711,485 from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Jim Sedlak, a representative of the watchdog group says the numbers are concerning given than millions of pro-life Americans will participate in Komen events during the month. "More and more people are...

The pro-life record of Wyoming's two Republican U.S. senators is being questioned following their strong support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation's "Race for the Cure" in their home state.  Sens. Craig Thomas and Mike Enzi routinely vote on the side of pro-life causes, but their alliance with the Komen Foundation's Wyoming affiliate exists despite the fact that Komen hands part of the money it raises over to local chapters of the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Planned Parenthood clinics provide breast cancer screening and education, but the organization is the nation's top abortion provider. Both senators' conservative...

Komen, Plaxo and Cancer … oh myOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the hot item right now is Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Before I go any further let me make it clear that being pro-life and a Christian, I have concern for anyone that has cancer. Each morning in our office we pray for many of our supporters who have illnesses and various cancers, even breast cancer. We should be doing all that we can to take care of the sick and needy and for finding cures for cancer. But we should be finding cures, not funding...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure awards 72 grants to Planned Parenthood in 2000-2005 period October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer detection, prevention, research and treatment are of the utmost importance due to the devastating impact that this disease has on women and their families. Pro-life citizens who are interested in fighting this deadly disease should be aware that one breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has a policy of offering financial support to abortion providing facilities. Here are the Komen-Planned Parenthood facts (followed by a list of alternative organizations): • Planned Parenthood is the...

The Phoenix diocesan newspaper, with endorsement from the bishop, is urging area Catholics to petition for an end to abortion clinic funding by the local branch of one of the largest breast cancer foundations in the country.  The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation donated $25,000 to Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona, after the fundraiser Race for the Cure raised $1.8 million last month.  The money was designated for programs providing “breast health education and early cancer detection in Coconino, Gila, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties.”  The diocesan newspaper the Catholic Sun, in an editorial yesterday, objected to the...

(Charleston-AP) October 18, 2005 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston and Bishop England High School have broken ties to Saturday's Race for the Cure. They made the decision because the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation gives money to Planned Parenthood in other cities. The race is expected to attract about six thousand people in Charleston this year. Race organizers say some students from the Bishop England High School will participate on their own, but will no longer receive community service credit for their efforts. Proceeds from the race are required to go toward breast cancer screenings for...

Rocky Mountain News   To print this page, select File then Print from your browser URL: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_4102473,00.html Speakout: Breast cancer-abortion link slighted By Leslie Hanks, Special to the News September 23, 2005 As the leaves begin to turn gold each fall, cities begin to turn pink. Everywhere one looks one finds pink ads, pink attire, pink hats, pink tennis shoes, pink teas - yes The Republic of Tea makes a Sip for the Cure. The Race for the Cure (for breast cancer) has become thecause celebre for the nation. A perusal of a recent O, The Oprah Magazine found 14...

This is an expanded version of the testimony I provided to the Committee by phone. Dear Committee members: This is the first time that I have given public testimony regarding the fact of my abortions. It has taken me years to do so. BACKGROUND: I am a medical research analyst and a published member of the American Medical Writers Association. My work provides support for translational research goals in the basic sciences. I have partnered with the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, The Department of Defense, The National Cancer Institute and other scientific institutions and organizations. As a researcher...

(CNSNews.com)- A foundation that uses events such as the "Race for the Cure" to raise money to fight breast cancer is jeopardizing women's health by using some of those funds to support local chapters of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, according to a former advisor to the foundation. Planned Parenthood clinics provide breast cancer screening and education, but the organization is also the nation's top abortion provider. "You can't affirm life with one hand and support an organization that kills people with the other," said Eve Sanchez Silver, a medical research analyst and two-time breast cancer survivor who severed...

A crude effort by anti-abortion groups and their supporters in Congress to associate abortion with an increased risk of breast cancer can now be stopped in its tracks. A definitive scientific judgment has been rendered on this overheated issue. The best minds that could be assembled by the National Cancer Institute have determined unequivocally that no such link exists. The epidemiological evidence to support this conclusion is considered "well established," the highest of four categories of proof in the government's rankings of strength of evidence. Anti-abortion groups have used the allegation of a link in campaigns intended to frighten women...