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Planned Parenthood loses funding! X Inbox X Reply Martin Fox martin.fox@nationalprolifealliance.com via bluehornet.com to me show details 4:34 PM (2 minutes ago) Dear Jack, More good news! NPLA Members have long fought to cut off funding for the nation's largest abortion provider -- Planned Parenthood. Already the House of Representatives and at least 11 state legislatures have voted to prohibit taxpayer funding of abortion. Now -- due in part to Congressman Cliff Stearns' federal investigation of the abortion giant -- the Susan G. Komen Foundation has announced that they will cease funding Planned Parenthood. In the past, the Komen Foundation has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants that were supposed to be used for performing breast cancer screenings. But as you know, we've long pointed out that Planned Parenthood's claims to be a real source of women's health care is at best an exaggeration and at worst, an outright lie. In fact, their so-called "clinics" don't even have the equipment to perform mammograms. Congratulations to all. For Life, Martin Fox, President National Pro-Life Alliance P.S. If you can, please chip in with a contribution by clicking here. Your National Pro-Life Alliance is entirely dependent on voluntary contributions to keep our vital programs running. We receive no government funding. Here's the article. Komen Foundation ends partnership with Planned Parenthood From FoxNews.com The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, a leading charity for breast cancer, announced Tuesday that it is ceasing its partnership with Planned Parenthood in prevention screenings and education at the health centers across the nation. Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun told The Associated Press that the cutoff results from the charity's newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. Aun said this applies to Planned Parenthood because it's the focus of an inquiry launched by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., seeking to determine whether public money was improperly spent on abortions. According to a statement from Planned Parenthood, the Komen Foundation began informing local Planned Parenthoods in the past few weeks that their breast cancer initiatives would no longer be eligible for new grants beyond existing agreements. Planned Parenthood said it had set up a Breast Health Emergency Fund to offset the support that 19 of its local programs are expected to lose from the Komen Foundation. But the organization on Tuesday did not disguise its disdain for anti-abortion groups that they blame for threatening the foundation for its partnership. "We are alarmed and saddened that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation appears to have succumbed to political pressure. Our greatest desire is for Komen to reconsider this policy and recommit to the partnership on which so many women count," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement released by the federation. Planned Parenthood has been a continuous target of protests, boycotts and funding cutoffs because it is the largest provider of abortions in the nation. With almost 800 health centers in the U.S., the federation provides other services such as birth control, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and cancer screening. Read more here. Because of NPLA's tax-exempt status under IRC Sec. 501(c)(4) and its state and federal legislative activities, contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions (IRC § 170) or as business deductions (IRC § 162(e)(1)). Privacy Policy. To help NPLA grow, please consider forwarding this message to a friend.