Patricia Heaton is the actress well known for her role on the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, currently starring in The Middle on ABC. Also pro-life, she has been a longtime spokesman for Feminists for Life. She also tends to be very reasonable. And so she tweeted early this morning:
Does #PlannedParenthood think Komen OWES them?How about THANKING Komen 4 years of support?! Or 4 leading the fight against breast cancer?
As a friend asked me this morning: “Why would any foundation give to Planned Parenthood again after seeing this kind of blackmail when they stop?” Among other things, it’s so ungracious.
But the other question I worry about: When people see the kind of hell there is to pay from the Planned Parenthood–led media, will anyone ever be a responsible steward when Planned Parenthood is involved?
Komen reversed its decision this morning. Captcha = look before crossing.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePeople need to comprehend that the bloviating of the hard core leftists in our media is their problem, and not anyone else's.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI knew Komen was on the right track here when I heard Nanny Bloomberg decry the politicization of abortion -- even as he announced a public (political) cash donation to the abortionists.
Hey Mike, better make that an annual contribution -- if you know what's good for you, right? Heh, sap.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseKomen just recanted. They are going back to "funding the existing grant" to PP.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Why would any foundation give to Planned Parenthood again after seeing this kind of blackmail when they stop?"
Why would anyone give to a union after seeing the kind of 'blackmail' that happens when you cross the Union?
Why would anyone give to AIDS research after seeing what happens to you when you try to decrease the rate of growth of your contribution?
Why would anyone attempt to overturn Obamacare after seeing what happens to you when you cross the liberal welfare state establishment?
The left plays for keeps. We get called granny killing racist Nazis and react by nominating RINOs in an effort to appease the 'moderates.' We don't have the stomach for what it takes to turn the left back. Why should the leftists not think they own Komen when they write the rules?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAccording to the Sacramento Bee, Komen has now reversed their decision. Glad I didn't send them an extra donation.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis was a culture war issue for you from the minute Komen pulled its Planned Parenthood funds, as your first post on The Corner shows:
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You shouldn't be so surprised that the other side in the war fought back. Komen caved because it was extremely bad for an enormously popular women's breast cancer charity to appear to be taking sides on abortion.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThuggary is a prime tactic of the Left. It is disappointing, but understandable, that Komen caved. In the end both organizations will lose.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's good to now know where Komen's grants are going. I imagine most Komen donors and "racers-for-the-cure" had no clue that they were unknowingly funding Planned Parenthood and abortion. I for one will never contribute to Komen or run for the cure again, now knowing that part of my donation would be going to Planned Parenthood.
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