FRC Responds to Susan G. Komen's Reconsideration of Abortion-Neutral Stance

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council responded today to news reports that Susan G. Komen for the Cure may be loosening its grant eligibility requirements and also reconsidering its abortion-neutral stance. The Komen statement released today doesn't promise new funding for Planned Parenthood but does make future funding an open question.

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Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council's Director for the Center for Human Dignity, had the following to say:

"The Susan G Komen Foundation made two policy changes this week to ensure money would be better spent to save women's lives. The first policy change ensured that grants are more directly focused on results. Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms. The second new requirement is that Komen will not award money to organizations that are under federal investigation. Both of these policy decisions ensure money would be better spent to save women's lives while also making Susan G. Komen abortion-neutral.

"It would be heartbreaking for women who suffer from breast cancer if Planned Parenthood has bullied Komen into loosening their higher standards. Women deserve the best. Komen should stay focused on saving lives, not supporting the nation's largest abortion provider.

"It is truly unbelievable that the nation's largest abortion provider has been able to take what has been considered one of America's most well respected and beloved organizations and demonize it overnight for simply making their grants results-oriented. Planned Parenthood is putting their abortion ideology above the health of women," concluded Monahan.

SOURCE Family Research Council