Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius-Religious Institutions-Planned Parenthood

Bloomberg pledges $250,000 to Planned Parenthood

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to give $250,000 of his own money to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America after Breast Cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure withdrew funding for the group. The Komen foundation had provided about $700,000 annually for Planned Parenthood to provide access to mammograms for low income women. It has cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, which also provides abortion, birth control and other health services to women, because the group is under investigation. ... read more..

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Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal. read more..

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Women's Health Advocacy Groups-Susan G. Komen For The Cure-Birth Control Services

Komen struggles to defuse Planned Parenthood crisis

A police officer watches pro-life and pro-choice supporters demonstrating in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's leading breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, struggled on Thursday to defuse a growing crisis over its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services. The sudden rift between the two top U.S. women's health advocacy groups triggered a furious debate on social media sites between supporters and opponents of abortion rights. ... read more..

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Planned Parenthood Of North Texas-Breast Cancer Screening-Physical Exam

Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing

To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see. read more..

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Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood

FILE - In a Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Komen's top leaders, inclluding Brinker, in their first news conference since the controve

Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization. read more..

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