[net-gold] MEDICAL: DISEASES: CANCER: BREAST CANCER : ORGANIZATIONS : POLITICS: Komen Controversy: The Pink Ribbon's Ugly New Image
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- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:40:10 -0500 (EST)
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MEDICAL: DISEASES: CANCER: BREAST CANCER :
ORGANIZATIONS :
POLITICS:
Komen Controversy: The Pink Ribbon's Ugly New Image
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Komen Controversy: The Pink Ribbon's Ugly New Image
Opinion L.A.
Observations and provocations from The Times' Opinion staff
February 2, 2012 | 2:34pm
Los Angeles Times
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/komen-catholics-
and-the-cost-of-conscience/2012/02/03/gIQAqSGYnQ_story.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/7qhb3cx
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In one swift move, the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation has
undermined its pro-woman, pro-health, pro-solidarity image.
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By pulling funding from Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings --
not to mention after Republican activist and abortion rights opponent
Karen Handel came on board as vice president of public policy -- and
couching the decision as new protocol, Komens turned into an org women
wont want to be associated with. Not all women, of course. But there will
be a lot us who'll not longer be able to look at the pink ribbon as simply
breast cancer awareness. Theyll think: What self-respecting, abortion
rights supporter who cares about womens rights and women's health would be
caught wearing a pink ribbon now, much less buying any of the many
products that display the pink insignia? With one decision, Komen turned
the pink ribbon into an ugly and polarizing symbol.
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Andrew Rosenthal of the New York Times writes: [Komen] have not only made
it harder for women to have abortions, but also to get birth control
counseling, prenatal care, and now cancer screenings.
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Kevin Drum of Mother Jones writes: The right's recent jihad against
Planned Parenthood is about as loathsome as anything I've ever seen come
out of them. They simply don't care anymore how many people they hurt or
how much harm they do to anyone they disapprove of.
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Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezabel writes: Komen's brand is imploding and
seriously alienating young women and politically progressive supporters
who were drawn to the cause expressly because of their non-political
approach to a non-political disease. But when a charity hires a woman like
Handel, a woman who must always attach politics to a woman's body, and
allows her to project her political beliefs into her work, Komen ceases
being a viable charity and starts being a self-righteous political
organization for rich ladies who like hanging around with celebrities.
It's a social club, and the only thing it's curing right now is people's
desire to raise any more money for them.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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