Thank you to the many pro-life Tennesseans who have contacted Tennessee Right to Life in support of the national effort to raise awareness about the financial relationship between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood, the nation's foremost promoter and provider of abortion.
Some at the Komen Foundation have attempted to confuse pro-life supporters by claiming that Foundation funds distributed to Planned Parenthood are used only for mammograms. Sadly, Planned Parenthood doesn't even perform mammograms. Click here to view Live Action exposing Planned Parenthood's false mammogram claim. (Live Action's Lila Rose will be the guest speaker at the Celebrate Life Banquet in Knoxville on Tuesday, October 18, click here to make your reservations today.)
The Komen Foundation's continued financial support for Planned Parenthood is at odds with its heroic goal of eradicating breast cancer. A growing number of studies indicate abortion as a "known risk factor" for breast cancer, including one from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center which reports a "20 to 50 percent increased chance for breast cancer among women who had had an abortion compared to women who carried their pregnancies to term."
Federal tax records document that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation gave more than half a million dollars to Planned Parenthood in 2010. Until such funding is halted, Tennessee Right to Life joins life-affirming individuals, organizations and churches in urging that such funds be directed away from Komen and given instead to research groups which do not promote or fund abortion facilities in any manner.
Several such organizations include:
- Breast Cancer Prevention Institute: Founded by Joel Brind, Ph.D. and Angela Lanfranchi, M.C.; a lead in the study of the link between abortion and breast cancer: 1-86-NO CANCER (1-866-622-6237); www.bcpinstitute.org
- The Polycarp Research Institute: A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating high-quality research designed to enhance the physical, psychological and spiritual consideration of mankind; 717-732-4904; www.polycarp.org
- Coalition on Abortion / Breast Cancer: A leading international women's organization that provides education and information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer; 1-877-803-0102; www.abortionbreastcancer.com
Thank you for your continued efforts to build a stronger pro-life movement in our community, state and nation.
Toward that goal,
Brian Harris, President
Tennessee Right to Life
