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RandySF

(58,900 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:32 PM Feb 2012

In defunding Planned Parenthood, Komen board overruled recommendations of 2 internal committees.

Before the Komen board unanimously agreed to pull funding for Planned Parenthood last year, an internal staff review and a board subcommittee had concluded the opposite, that funding should be maintained, according to a former Komen employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. Handel, who was senior vice president for public policy, objected to those decisions.

It’s not clear why the full board did not follow the recommendations when it voted unanimously at a November meeting to take actions that would bar funding to Planned Parenthood and what role Handel played. Several former Komen employees have said that Handel was a driving force behind the decision.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/komen-vice-president-resigns-as-details-emerge-on-planned-parenthood-debate/2012/02/07/gIQAMxPXxQ_story.html?hpid=z5

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In defunding Planned Parenthood, Komen board overruled recommendations of 2 internal committees. (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2012 OP
K and R...nt Stuart G Feb 2012 #1
And they knew that ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #2
Sounds like it's time for a clean sweep ProgressiveEconomist Feb 2012 #3

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
2. And they knew that ...
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:55 PM
Feb 2012

@thinkprogress ThinkProgress
Internal Komen review "concluded that cutting off all funds (to Planned Parenthood) would endanger low-income women" thkpr.gs/yc9A6h
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ProgressiveEconomist

(5,818 posts)
3. Sounds like it's time for a clean sweep
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 12:38 AM
Feb 2012

of the Komen board. And the new board needs to re-hire, for top management positions, those who resigned in protest of the Planned Parenthood cutoff.

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