12:20p: The more I read Komen’s statement, the more brilliant it becomes. Planned Parenthood loses its PR edge if any of its affiliates are convicted on criminal grounds. 12:13p: Ezra Klein at the Washington Post:

Huffington Post gleefully reported today that three Komen officials have now resigned and one more is threatening to, as the “backlash gains steam” over its decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood. The fools don’t realize what is happening. Every Komen exec who quits over the Planned Parenthood flak is good news for our […]

Bearing in mind my previous post, “Inside story on Komen split from Planned Parenthood,” read these excerpts from the February 1 New York Times piece, “Uproar as breast cancer group ends partnership with Planned Parenthood”:

I was on the road yesterday afternoon when the news broke that Susan G. Komen for the Cure was defunding Planned Parenthood. Since then abortion proponents and news organizations have worked themselves into a frenzy speculating why it happened and who is to blame – from George W. Bush, to new SGK VP of public […]

UPDATE, 5:10p: Quoting The Hill: Planned Parenthood said it has established an emergency fund to offset the loss of the Komen funds. … Hey Cecile, if you and your affiliate CEOs agree to take a 1% paycut, that should about cover the $680K loss in funding. 4:53p: Huge, great news from the Associated Press, within […]

UPDATE 12/15, 7:24a: This is a big enough story that CNN is covering it, as is the Associated Press. This is a huge embarrassment to Komen and further exposes its relationship with Planned Parenthood to the general public. Kudos to Lifeway for doing the right thing. Kudos to pro-life groups, news sources, and blogs for […]

E! News host Giuliana Rancic, married to  The Apprentice winner Bill Rancic, announced October 17 that at the age of 36 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. People reported Rancic underwent a double lumpectomy on October 18. Surgeons also removed potentially cancerous lymph nodes. Rancic will begin radiation treatment in six weeks. Thankfully her prognosis […]

NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell announced on air September 7 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWI_gBz_xNo[/youtube] I was sorry to hear of Mitchell’s illness and happy to hear she has a “terrific prognosis,” according to her, because her cancer was detected early. Mitchell had a well-known risk for getting breast cancer.