Karen Handel resigns

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A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
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Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported the move to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. She said the discussion started before she arrived at the organization and was approved at the highest levels of the charity.
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“I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it,” Handel said in her letter. “I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve.”
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Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life expressed the sentiment of many pro-life advocates responding to the decision, by saying Handel resigned because of Planned Parenthood’s aggressive attacks on Komen after its initial decision.
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“Karen Handel was sick and tired of being held hostage by the largest pro-abortion lobby in the country when she and the Komen Foundation were supposed to be focused on saving women’s lives, not endangering them,” she told LifeNews. “They held the Komen Foundation, and the millions of women they serve, hostage until they got their way, pocketing merely a drop in the bucket when it comes to their extensive funding.”
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“Handel’s resignation only furthers Planned Parenthood’s status as a bully who shakes down whomever they need to in order that to get their way. Planned Parenthood flexed their muscle using mafia-style tactics, vowing to bury a charity dedicated to saving women’s lives while remaining under investigation at both the federal and state levels for endangering the lives of women. From Medicaid fraud, overbilling, failing to follow mandatory reporting laws and the aiding and abetting of sex trafficking of minors, Komen had good reason to defund Planned Parenthood and is now paying the price for doing business with thugs,” Hawkins continued.
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