2.9.12 Bee-otch of the Day: Susan G. Komen For the Cure

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: Susan G. Komen For the Cure Age: 30 Occupation: breast cancer research organization Last Seen: Dallas, TX Bee-otched For: not staying abreast on finding the cure --- If you're a woman fighting breast cancer, in the past few weeks, you're learning that those pink ribbons, pink shirts, pink this and pink that ain't helping to find a cure to your disease. Instead, it's making it worse. Starting late last year, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, the country's largest breast cancer research organization, ended funding for embryonic stem cell research and last week, the organization stopped funding Planned Parenthood. Many are feeling that Komen is ending the funding due to political reasons, especially since their senior vice president for public policy was Karen Handel, a Republican who once ran for governor of Georgia. The reason for Komen and PP's relationship was because PP provides mammograms and Komen helped 170,000 women over five years get those exams. However, Handel had said for years that she would not support PP's mission, which includes, yep, abortions. Last Tuesday, Komen announced that they would no longer fund PP, a move that has angered long time supporters of the organization. After the announcement, $400,000 was raised in only 24 hours by 6,000 donors, with $250,000 coming from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Just a few days later, Komen announced that they were going to restore funding for PP. Handel resigned from her position on Monday. The organization was founded in 1982 and is still run by Nancy Goodman Brinker, who named it after her sister, who died from the disease in 1980 at the age of 36. Surprise! Brinker is a Republican. Not to mention, wealthy. You see, if there's any good care for breast cancer, it's stem cell research. It's amazing that an organization like Komen acts like a pro-women's group and yet, they diss another pro-women's group only because they support a woman's right to choose. If a woman chooses to have an abortion, it should be her right to donate her dead fetus to help her fellow women. Then again, men get breast cancer too; just ask game show announcer Rod Roddy and NFL player Ernie Green. You know, I agree that it's sad when a woman has to give up her unborn child, whether it's due to any reason like if she's raped or if she cannot afford to have the child. But, it's even more sobering when a right-winged boob tells a woman "sucks to be you" and makes her suffer. Yeah, there's adoption, but what if the kid is adopted by some abusive jerks? What if they never get adopted and end up raised by the system? Sadly, it happens. Personally, I'd rather have that kid die to help those with a quality of life instead of being a waste to society. Thankfully, Planned Parenthood has a breast cancer fund. If I ever donated, I would donate to them over Komen and their rightest policies. People need to do their research before they donate to ANY organization. Komen spends more money on paying their employees than on actual treatment. SAD! What Komen did to PP was colder... than a witches tit. ---- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com , Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!