Ruse on Komen and Planned Parenthood

An interesting analysis.  Excerpts:

...In the end, Nancy Brinker faced the real possibility that affiliates would leave, personnel would quit, the funding base could be decimated, and the story would have lingered for weeks in the national media. She had little choice but to staunch the wound.



Last Friday morning, she announced what sounded like a reversal. If you read it closely, however, her statement shows little change from the stated policy. Planned Parenthood will get more funding, but that was always the case since five more grants are coming this year. Planned Parenthood is eligible to apply again. This was always the case if they could deal with the new regulations. It could end up being a brilliant document that froze the situation, gave Komen breathing room to eventually do what it wants to do.

Planned Parenthood ran a remarkable campaign. Experienced pro-lifers say they have never seen anything like it. Clearly, Planned Parenthood and its allies, even within the Komen Foundation, care more about abortion than in saving women’s lives. Let’s hope that folks who have not been paying attention now know the real truth about Planned Parenthood.

I am told that Nancy Brinker sees the attacks on the Komen Foundation as attacks on her dead sister, whose death from breast cancer inspired the founding of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. How this will play out is anyone’s guess.