through cancer research. chris: that was just a taste of the fuhr error thi furor ov. komen decision to coun cut funs from planned parenthood and then the sudden reversal. komen which is the leading breast cancer advocacy group got caught up in the culture wars, deciding to defund and then reverse that and to fund planned parent hood s support for screening of breast cancer. how much do you think both of its moves were caught up in politics? i think at the end of the day they mishandled both. i think there are a lot of prolife conservative women out there, i m certainly one of them who had no idea if you you contribute to the komen foundation that money may well end up with planned parent hood a group that is performing abortions. they should have been up front about the reasons why they were doing it and i don t think
they can fund whatever effort they want. i have taken the position as a presidential candidate and someone in congress planned parenthood funds, it does abortions is the leading abortion provider in the nation. he don i don t believe federal funds should go there. they are a private organization. they should stand up and support whatever they want. i don t believe breast cancer research is advanceed by funding an organization that does abortions whether you have seen ties to cancer and abortion. i don t think it s particularly healthy way of contributing money to further the cause of breast cancer, but that is a private organization like susan b. komen. the obama administration is coming under fire for a new decision not churches but charities, hospitals, schools are going to have to offer health insurance that includes contraception. the administration defends this
mammograms, just referrals for mammograms. it was all over the map and unfortunate for the komen foundation. if they wanted to break ties for planned parenthood for political reasons they should have been upfront about that and realize they would take some hits for it. chris: the fascinating aspect of social media. a firestorm first against komen for cutting funding and then against komen for restoring the funding on the internet and this comes just a month after the furor over piracy legislation which forced congress to back down. how big a player, how powerful a player is social media now in the politics? it is powerful and as you said a minute ago the culture wars are alive and well. everyone wants to say they don t matter any more, just the economy. the economy, the widely overused statement from the clinton campaign. people care about a lot of issues and people don t think
to save the lives of women through cancer research. chris: that was just a taste of the fuhr error thi furor ov. komen decision to coun cut funs from planned parenthood and then the sudden reversal. komen which is the leading breast cancer advocacy group got caught up in the culture wars, deciding to defund and then reverse that and to fund planned parent hood s support for screening of breast cancer. how much do you think both of its moves were caught up in politics? i think at the end of the day they mishandled both. i think there are a lot of prolife conservative women out there, i m certainly one of them who had no idea if you you contribute to the komen foundation that money may well end up with planned parent hood a group that is performing abortions. they should have been up front about the reasons why they were doing it and i don t think
to save the lives of women through cancer research. chris: that was just a taste of the fuhr error thi furor ov. komen decision to coun cut funs from planned parenthood and then the sudden reversal. komen which is the leading breast cancer advocacy group got caught up in the culture wars, deciding to defund and then reverse that and to fund planned parent hood s support for screening of breast cancer. how much do you think both of its moves were caught up in politics? i think at the end of the day they mishandled both. i think there are a lot of prolife conservative women out there, i m certainly one of them who had no idea if you you contribute to the komen foundation that money may well end up with planned parent hood a group that is performing abortions. they should have been up front about the reasons why they were doing it and i don t think