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Susan G. Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding →

A major voice for women’s health pulled funding for Planned Parenthood, the organization announced Wednesday.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation, the largest private breast cancer research group in the nation and sponsor of several 5K and 10K charity runs in the Southland, decided to cut funding from the self-described sexual and reproductive health group.

“It is going to have a devastating impact on the services that women and families receive,” Solinda Vasquez of Planned Parenthood told NBC 4.

Komen grants to Planned Parenthood totaled about $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before, according to the Associated Press. That money was allocated to 19 of its affiliated for breast-cancer screening and other breast-health services.

Of the 4 million breast exams performed by Planned Parenthood, nearly 170,000 were the result of Komen grants, according to the organization.

If it wasn’t the fact that the Susan G. Komen Foundation spends over 75% of its donations on “administrative costs,” or their legal bullying of smaller organizations that also support breast cancer awareness and research, it’s definitely this.

Sorry Race for the Cure folks: I can’t sponsor a cause that just killed 170,000 breast cancer screenings for political reasons. Last time I checked, cancer didn’t have a political affiliation.

PS: They’re down to a one star rating on community nonprofit review site Great Nonprofits (endorsed by GuideStar).