February 8,
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Komen reinstates funding for Planned Parenthood
(AP) — The Susan G. Komen
for the Cure breast-cancer char
ity on Friday abandoned plans to
elim inate grants to Planned Par
enthood. The startling decision
cam e after three days o f virulent
criticism that resounded across
the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's
iconic image.
"We want to apologize to the
Am erican public for recent deci
sions that cast doubt upon our
com m itm ent to our m ission of
saving wom en's lives," a Komen
statem ent said.
As first reported by The A sso
ciated Press on Jan. 31, Komen
had adopted criteria excluding
Planned Parenthood from future
grants for breast-cancer screen
ings because it was under gov
ernm ent investigation, citing a
probe launched by a Florida con
gressm an at the urging o f anti
abortion groups.
Kom en said it would change
the criteria "to make clear that
disqualifying investigations must
be crim inal and conclusive in na
ture and not political."
"W e w ill co n tin u e to fund
e x istin g grants, including those
o f P lanned P arenthood, and p re
serve their elig ib ility to apply
fo r fu tu re g ran ts," the s ta te
m ent said.
M any o f K om en's affiliates
acro ss the country had openly
reb elled against the d ecision to
cut the funding, w hich totaled
$ 6 8 0 ,000 in 2011. O ne affiliate,
in A spen, C olo., had announced
T h u rsday that it w ould defy the
new rules and continue grants
to its local P lanned P arenthood
p a rtn e r.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker makes an
address on the organization's website.
In addition, K om en w a s in
u n d a te d w ith n e g a tiv e c o m
m ents via em ails, on T w itter
and on its F acebook page. M any
o f the m e ssa g es c o n v e y e d a
d eterm in atio n to halt gifts to
K o m en — o r g a n iz e r o f the
p o p u la r R a c e fo r th e C u re
events — because o f the d e ci
sion.
M eanw hile, Planned P aren t
hood w as reporting an o u tp o u r
ing o f support — donations large
an d sm a ll, trig g e re d by the
K om en d ecisio n , th at it said
su rp assed $900,000.
Planned P arenthood's p re si
dent, C ecile R ichards, thanked
those donors F riday and w el
com ed K om en's change o f heart.
"W e are enorm ously grateful
that the K om en F oundation has
clarified its grantm aking c rite
ria," R ichards said. "W hat these
past few days have dem onstrated
Health authorities on Friday
urged all boys age 11-12 to get a
routine vaccination against the most
common sexually transmitted dis
ease, human papillomavirus, or HPV.
The HPV vaccine has been ap
proved for girls since 2006, but the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention had not expressly urged
it for boys, though boys were in
cluded among those who could re
ceive it to prevent certain cancers
and genital warts.
Health experts have expressed
hope that if pre-teen boys and girls
are both encouraged to get the vac
cine, the rate of infection will de
crease in the general population.
About half of all sexually active
adults will get HPV in their lifetime.
There are more than 100 types of
HPV, and most clear the body on
their own, but some strains can lin
ger and lead to cancer.
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T hrough the K om en grants,
P la n n ed P a re n th o o d say s its
health cen ters provided nearly
170,000 clinical breast exam s
and m ore than 6,400 m am m o
gram referrals over the past five
y e ars.
Komen, in its statement, said it
was im m ediately starting an out
reach to its affiliates and support
ers to get the charity back on
track.
"We urge everyone who has
participated in this conversation
across the country over the last
few days to help us m ove, past
this issue," Komen said. "We do
not want our mission marred or
affected by politics — anyone's
politics."
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An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
Part 22. Chiropractic and Health
A way of Life... not just a passing diagnosis.
Follow ing
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doctor says
that I’m “f fit as fiddle.” If this is
true, why do I often suffer pain?
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that a doctor can give a
“thorough checkup” and yet
to fail to evaluate the spine and
nervous system. I’m sure that
w hile in school your doctor
learned that the nervous system
controls every other organ and
function in the body. D oesn’t it
make sense then that a truly thor
A
ough checkup should include not problem. If you have persistent
only blood pressure, weight, chest aches, pains or fatigue, there is a
and eye exam , etc but should also reason for it. If you haven’t had a
and prim arily include a detailed Chiropractic evaluation, you have
evaluation o f the nervous sys NOT been examined completely.
tem ? In Chiropractic
For the sake of your health now
fail We study the nervous system and in the future, call today. Isn’t
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