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Komen Reverses Planned Parenthood Funding Cut

MedPageToday, 2012

"It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to pause, slow down, and reflect on how grants can most effectively and directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of women."
The foundation said it had originally cut the funding "to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation," but added, "We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.
The foundation has faced a storm of criticism since it on Tuesday that it would cut off most of the funding it provides to Planned Parenthood for breast health education and screening, as well as for referrals for mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies.
It was met with outrage from women's groups, liberal politicians, and public health advocates, and applauded by conservative groups and religious groups that oppose abortion and have been uneasy in the past supporting the Komen foundation.
Within 24 hours of Komen's announcement that it was cutting off funding, Planned Parenthood collected more than $400,000 in online donations from more than 6,000 donors.
On Tuesday, the Amy and Lee Fikes' Foundation, run by the CEO of a Texas oil company, promised $250,000, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg matched that grant on Wednesday out of his own pocket.
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