Editor's note: This is not today's only article on Komen and Planned Parenthood. In addition to our news report, you might also enjoy Albert Mohler's argument that there is "no neutral ground when it Comes to Planned Parenthood," Matthew Lee Anderson's examination of "The Politics of Breast Cancer," and Mollie Ziegler Hemingway's look at "The Komen Fiasco's Silver Lining."
The Pink Ribbon, for now anyway, is an emblem of the culture wars.
Today the Susan Komen Foundation for the Cure announced that it was caving to pressure from the Planned Parenthood Federation, reversing its decision not to fund Planned Parenthood in the screening of women for breast cancer.
This is an important victory for Planned Parenthood and
the abortion rights lobby. First of all, the association with Komen is a
key piece in Planned Parenthood's effort to present itself as a
"women's health provider" rather than simply as an abortion provider.
Beyond that, the surrender of the nation's leading breast cancer
awareness group to this kind of political pressure proves the clout of
Planned Parenthood and their allies.
Evangelical and Catholic Christians, and our pro-life
allies of all faiths, might be tempted to draw some wrong conclusions
from this tragic affair. After all our years of trumpeting opinion polls
showing a "pro-life majority" in the United States, this demonstrates
that, when it comes to money and power, the pro-choice forces aren't
sustained simply by the penumbra and emanations of an old Supreme Court
decision. Continue at Christianity Today
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