Susan G. Komen will be limiting funding to Planned Parenthood for Breast Cancer screenings!

This matter hits close to home, my best friends mom went to a planned parenthood and had the breast cancer screening test done, because she could not afford to go to the doctor or hospital to have this test ran. Luckily the Planned Parenthood Clinic where she lives still offers the test and found the dime size tumor. There is know telling what would have happened to her if she would not have had that test available to her. Many women across the country have insurance, many more do not.  For those that do not have the luxury of having health insurance this decision will hurt a lot of women.  Some clinics will still offer the service, those being the ones that Susan G. Komen Foundation still will fund. What will happen to the women in the areas that the Planned Parenthood Clinic does not offer the screening test?
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"The Susan G. Komen Foundation's reversal on its Planned Parenthood funding is a testament to the power of social media and the influence wielded by women everywhere. But the public outrage over the charity's grant-giving decisions may affect Komen for years to come.

Related: Planned Parenthood decision puts spotlight on Susan G. Komen Foundation's politics

Just three days after the breast-cancer charity, well-known for it's iconic pink ribbon symbol and its "Race for the Cure" marathons, confirmed that it would end grants to Planned Parenthood, Komen founder and CEO Nancy G. Brinker announced that her organization would once again fund breast cancer screenings at certain Planned Parenthood locations. In a statement on Friday, Brinker publicly apologized for how her organization chooses to award funding -- a move that underscored the damage done to the Komen brand.

A combination of forces led Brinker to the stunning apology. A heated debate quickly spread across the Internet, on message boards, and social media sites, and extended to Capitol Hill, where more than two dozen senators sent a letter to Brinker, a former Ambassador under President George W. Bush, urging the Komen Foundation to reverse the decision. "

By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Healthy Living – 6 hours ago