Missouri Right to Life Policy on The Race for the Cure

Policy

Because Susan G. Komen For The Cure, formerly known as the Susan G. Komen Foundation, sponsor of the “Race for the Cure,” allocates money to Planned Parenthood at the national level, Missouri Right to Life urges citizens to consider carefully whether to support the Race for the Cure and other activities of Susan G. Komen For The Cure.

Explanation

Each year, Susan G. Komen For The Cure sponsors the “Race for the Cure,” involving long runs to raise funds for research into cures for breast cancer.

The goal is a worthy one. Unfortunately, Susan G. Komen For The Cure allocates money to Planned Parenthood (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/komen-grants-flowing-to-planned-parenthood/2012/04/12/gIQA4M7kDT_story.html).  It appears that the local chapters in Missouri of the Susan G. Komen For The Cure do not contribute directly to Planned Parenthood or other abortion advocacy organizations, but other parts of the organization do.
It is highly ironic that the Susan G. Komen For The Cure supports an organization, Planned Parenthood, that is probably responsible for thousands of women’s deaths annually because of the link between abortion and breast cancer. Many peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrate the statistical correlation between a previous abortion and a much higher risk of breast cancer in the future. (See, for example, the following from a British expert: "Breast cancer is diagnosed in 33,000 women in the U.K. each year; of these, an unusually high proportion had an abortion before eventually starting a family. Such women are up to four times more likely to develop breast cancer." Thomas Stuttaford, M.D., “Fresh Line of Attack,” The Times of London, May 17, 2001, cited in Life Site News at http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/jun/01062102.html). Susan G. Komen For The Cure and Planned Parenthood respond with claims that the pro-life studies are wrong, but their reviews of the scientific literature are untrustworthy due to faulty methodology and simple misrepresentation of the results of their own data. (Ian Gentles, “Women’s Health After Abortion: A Fresh Look at the Evidence,” Human Life Review, Fall, 2002.)

While the Susan G. Komen For The Cure made an announcement in January 2012 that it was halting further grants and donations to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, this was quickly rescinded when the organization yielded to duress from Planned Parenthood.  Seventeen affiliates of the national breast cancer charity will now provide grants for the abortion business in 2012.
Hence, Susan G. Komen For The Cure, which aims to overcome breast cancer through research to find a cure, funds the leading provider of abortion that is one of the principal causes of breast cancer in the first place.

Until Susan G. Komen For The Cure renounces its support of Planned Parenthood and any other pro-abortion advocacy organizations, Missouri Right to Life considers the organization to be anti-life in actuality. Missouri Right to Life urges citizens to consider carefully whether to support the Race for the Cure and other activities of Susan G. Komen For The Cure in light of the organization’s anti-life activities.