The crux of the matter
Jim Daly at NRO:
Consider the facts:
- The Komen Foundation is a private philanthropic organization. It has every right to fund or not fund charities or causes of its choice.
- That certain individuals and causes are “outraged” over Komen’s announcement is, in itself, outrageous.
- To complain about a gift not given is the highest form of presumption and arrogance. And what about Planned Parenthood?
According to its annual report, the nation’s leading abortion provider is worth in excess of $1 billion. In 2010, abortion procedures constituted 91 percent (329,445) of Planned Parenthood’s services for pregnant women.
Yet, to follow their illogical argument, to have lost Komen’s projected yearly gift of $680,000 was somehow going to cripple their empire — and prevent them from continuing to offer mammograms. But Planned Parenthood centers do not offer mammograms, and instead refer women to other clinics for such services.
More than anything, it surprises me how few people know that Planned Parenthood does not offer mammograms. Bracket everything else in last week’s dustup and you have this simply fact.
