Last week, we experienced once again the local mainstream media PR avalanche in support of participation in the Komen Foundation “Race for the Cure.” We wondered if efforts by pro-life activists to inform the public about the abortion breast cancer connection and the continuing regrettable association of the Komen Foundation and abortion Cyclops Planned Parenthood has had any impact on participation.
The relationship of the two organizations is the equivalent of the American Lung Association ignoring data associating certain types of smoking and lung cancer and referring the victims to tobacco shops for profit making chest x-rays with no warning regarding continuing to buy the product.
Bombshell Study Finds 44% Increased Breast Cancer Risk for Women Having Abortions
We asked Cathy Bein, editor of Quad City Right to Life Newsletter to set forth for us what is known about participation in the Komen event. Right to Life groups have been publicizing the unholy connection between Komen and Planned Parenthood for a number of years.
Most yearly participation figures can be determined from this time-line ^ in the Quad City Times. Their purpose was certainly not to expose the decline, merely to present links to their stories where we were able to glean the information. Graph – veritaspac.com
Some other “factoids.:
1. In an article in the October 18, 2012, Dispatch-Argus (we assume the article was submitted by Komen and not fact checked) the statement was made that:
“While the 2012 Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure experienced some of the strongest growth of any in the nation…“
Huh? In 2012, they had 8500-8600 registrations; in 2011, they had about 8,800. This is growth?
2. In an article in The Dispatch-Argus on June 7, 2013, Christine McNamara, Race marketing and fundraising chairwoman, said:
“Locally, I can tell you that our race had a very strong participation last year after that news” [regarding the building Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle].
Really? In 2010, 9,370 registered but that was down to “about 8,800” in 2011, far less than the 11,000 they were shooting for.
3. Komen presents to the public that up to 75% of funds stay here and are used to provide mammograms and other breast health services for underserved and underinsured women. But Komen has a scholarship program, and in the Quad Cities in the past money has been awarded to students who have lost a parent to breast cancer. How does this prevent breast cancer, and how many women were unable to get a mammogram funded because of this diversion of funds from Komen’s stated purpose? Cathy Bein
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Other things the Komen PR flacks don’t want you to know about:
Komen sees 22% decline in donations following Planned Parenthood funding controversy
Follow the links at LifeSiteNews.com — Lifenews.com — abortionbreastcancer.com and STOPP.org for many more articles regarding the abortion- breast cancer connection, the Komen Foundation, and Planned Parenthood using those search terms.
Note that the abortion-breast cancer connection relates to abortion as a significant risk factor or association, the veracity of which medical societies perhaps everywhere but the United States seem willing to acknowledge. Potential causative factors in some cases have been identified. This article in no way implies that because someone has or has had breast cancer that abortion is implied, but strong evidence exists that it is a risk factor, and women should be warned. The hypocrisy of deniers (abortion proponents on the left) is that they have not hesitated to agitate for notices or support warnings being part of protocols or labels for products or activities with lesser cancer associations.
