01 February 2012
Vile Komen Foundation: You Didn't Go Far Enough
Say, Komen Foundation: how courageous of you to cut poor women off from breast cancer screening by cutting off your connection to Planned Parenthood.
Hey, now that you've got the gushing reptilian love of the pro-lifers, you do realize you're being inconsistent.
See. cancer research relies on stem cells these days, which they're now allowed to use again. Like Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a great organization I used to work for, and who get a substantial amount of their money for their pioneering research(they invented the bone marrow transplant) from Komen. (speaking of which, just give to FHCRC directly here. They do fine pioneering work--they invented bone marrow transplants, for one thing--and they have nothing to do with Komen's sins.)
And where do those stem cells--the useful undifferentiated ones--usually come from again? What was the reason the pro-lifers want stem cell research wiped out?
Basically, if you're going to curry the favor of the pro-lifers, you'll have to abandon ALL funding of any useful cancer research institutions. You fucking vile idiots.
But I guess your new VP, the failed (and Palin-endorsed)pro-life GOP gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel, had an agenda and got what she wanted, eh? Funny how you would hire someone in such a position that stands for an anti-woman cause.
Despite Komen's attempts to the contrary, though, they are not the only foundation funding cancer research. There are many, many other worthy foundations that do not hate women and fund vital science toward actually curing the disease. Who care about women's lives, not political agendas. Give them your money, not Komen. Abandon Komen. Let it rot.
And give to Planned Parenthood because they really need it now, and our country needs them.
UPDATE: Guess what the aforementioned VP, Karen Handel, tweeted last night--and deleted--which got screengrabbed and is now making the rounds:
"Just like pro-abortion group to turn cancer orgs decision into a political bomb to throw. Cry me a freaking river."
Uh-huh. No malice there at all. And by the way, this rule that they can't support any organization under investigation? It's a brand-new rule that was instituted exactly the same time GOP congressmen started the bogus investigation of Planned Parenthood. Most likely it was only instituted for the purpose of cutting them off. This looks like a coordinated strategy for which Komen is being used as a weapon.
And as long as they remain another right-wing weapon, they deserve no donations or respect.
___________________
Say, Komen Foundation: how courageous of you to cut poor women off from breast cancer screening by cutting off your connection to Planned Parenthood.
Hey, now that you've got the gushing reptilian love of the pro-lifers, you do realize you're being inconsistent.
See. cancer research relies on stem cells these days, which they're now allowed to use again. Like Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a great organization I used to work for, and who get a substantial amount of their money for their pioneering research(they invented the bone marrow transplant) from Komen. (speaking of which, just give to FHCRC directly here. They do fine pioneering work--they invented bone marrow transplants, for one thing--and they have nothing to do with Komen's sins.)
And where do those stem cells--the useful undifferentiated ones--usually come from again? What was the reason the pro-lifers want stem cell research wiped out?
Basically, if you're going to curry the favor of the pro-lifers, you'll have to abandon ALL funding of any useful cancer research institutions. You fucking vile idiots.
But I guess your new VP, the failed (and Palin-endorsed)pro-life GOP gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel, had an agenda and got what she wanted, eh? Funny how you would hire someone in such a position that stands for an anti-woman cause.
Despite Komen's attempts to the contrary, though, they are not the only foundation funding cancer research. There are many, many other worthy foundations that do not hate women and fund vital science toward actually curing the disease. Who care about women's lives, not political agendas. Give them your money, not Komen. Abandon Komen. Let it rot.
And give to Planned Parenthood because they really need it now, and our country needs them.
UPDATE: Guess what the aforementioned VP, Karen Handel, tweeted last night--and deleted--which got screengrabbed and is now making the rounds:
"Just like pro-abortion group to turn cancer orgs decision into a political bomb to throw. Cry me a freaking river."
Uh-huh. No malice there at all. And by the way, this rule that they can't support any organization under investigation? It's a brand-new rule that was instituted exactly the same time GOP congressmen started the bogus investigation of Planned Parenthood. Most likely it was only instituted for the purpose of cutting them off. This looks like a coordinated strategy for which Komen is being used as a weapon.
And as long as they remain another right-wing weapon, they deserve no donations or respect.
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Labels: bastards, komen foundation, medical, right wing, science, women
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