Komen backlash leaves Race for the Cure scrambling to limit damage - The Guardian
Fears grow that breast cancer awareness event run by Komen group could be a casualty of Planned Parenthood criticism
bella kat Health • Feb 11, 2012 at 11:25 am PST • Views: 279
Every month, somewhere in America, people swath themselves in pink, lace up their running shoes and take part in the Race for the Cure, the world’s largest and most successful breast cancer awareness and fundraising event. Since the first race in Dallas in 1983, 1.6 million participants have pounded round the 5km courses in a series which now spans four continents.
But now there are growing fears that the race series, and the millions of dollars it raises, may be one of the most visible casualties of the backlash that has engulfed the organisation that runs it, the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation, since it decided to stop funding Planned Parenthood, the country’s leading reproductive healthcare provider …..
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