Abortion

Karen Handel, vice president for public policy at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, resigned on Tuesday following the organization's latest decision to continue funding Planned Parenthood.

In a copy of the resignation letter, which was obtained by The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Handel insists that politics played no role in the breast cancer charity's decisions surrounding grants to Planned Parenthood.

"Komen's decision to change its granting strategy and exit the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood and its grants was fully vetted by every appropriate level within the organization," Handel wrote. more >>

Pro-life Democratic presidential candidate Randall Terry has focused his primary campaign on dissuading as many left-leaning Catholics and evangelicals as he can from voting for Barack Obama in the general election.

Terry already accomplished a very big mission in airing anti-abortion campaign advertisements featuring the grim images of aborted babies to millions during the Super Bowl, but he is far from throwing in the towel and walking away from the campaign.

"I've decided to raise the money to be a deciding factor in the race," Terry told The Christian Post Monday. more >>

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is still reeling after backlash from Planned Parenthood over its decision not to renew grants to the nation's number one abortion provider, and some are wondering if Komen is now trying to distance itself from the abortion issue altogether.

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Komen board member John D. Rafaelli, a Democratic lobbyist and Planned Parenthood supporter, said, "We don't want to be pro-choice or pro-life; we want to be pro-cure. We failed to keep abortion out of this, and we owe the people in the middle who only care about breast cancer and who have raised money for us an apology."

The breast cancer charity also recently released a statement, saying, "Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and families in the fight against breast cancer more >>

When the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation first announced that it would stop providing grants to Planned Parenthood, major news networks devoted much of their attention to supporters of the abortion provider.

According to Media Research Center, a media watchdog, 76 percent of the quotes in ABC, CBS and NBC reports came from Planned Parenthood advocates.

"ABC showed the strongest tilt towards Planned Parenthood, with 10 sound bites or statements in favor of the organization, versus only two supporting Komen, a five-to-one margin," the watchdog reported Friday. more >>

No doubt you've been watching the unfolding drama of the Susan B. Komen for the Cure foundation's decision to de-fund Planned Parenthood - and then its stunning reversal.

What you saw last week was a concerted, intentional effort by an ideological minority - the radical pro-abortion forces - not just to make their case in public, but to destroy the opposition. Using incendiary language, accusing Komen of endangering the lives of women, they made no pretense to pursue civil discourse.

And it's a tragedy that Komen for the Cure caved. Because all of the all of the rational arguments were on their side. more >>

Conservative columnist George Will argued Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that the Obama administration's contraception mandate and Planned Parenthood's outrage over the withdrawal of funding by cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure suggest pro-choice liberals oppose choice.

"All these people describing themselves as pro-choice said it is illegitimate to choose not to be involved in abortion. And, a much more important decision, politically, that was taken this week, was the Obama administration saying Catholic institutions have no choice, and this was applauded by pro-choice people ... but to provide contraception, abortion inducing drugs and sterilization," Will said.

The Komen foundation, an organization devoted to research and awareness of breast cancer, had decided to end grants to Planned Parenthood for mammography referrals because Planned Parenthood is currently under investigation by Congress. Pro-lifers applauded the decision while others, especially abortion rights advocates, decried it. Komen reversed its decision Friday. more >>