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February 6, 2012
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure ‘Clarifies’ Grant-Making Policy

 by Karla Dial

Just days after earning nationwide applause for severing its ties to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer charity group Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Friday it has revised its grant-making policy in a way that will allow the abortion megaprovider to remain eligible for funding.

After top board members resigned in protest and more than 50 liberal members of Congress complained, Komen founder Nancy Brinker issued a statement saying the group “will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.”

Abortion advocates claim the current congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood is “political,” because, according to The Huffington Post “some of its clinics offer abortions.”

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