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  1. Feb 8, '12 by
    The grants with PP were existing grants as well and the policy seemed to say 'under investigation' not on its merits. If SGK wanted to tell PP specifically that they didn't want to fund them because of concerns, they should've just said that.
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  2. Feb 8, '12 by
    Quote from tmota
    The difference there is that PP is being investigated related to it's potential use of taxpayer funding for abortion and it's actual service delivery, billing and administrative policies. The Milton Hershey Medical Center that Komen funds at Penn is not being investigated for anything of the kind and the grant was from 2008.
    What evidence was there that PP was misusing funds in the first place? This is a tired argument that has been used for a long time to try and stop all funding that goes to PP.
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  3. Feb 8, '12 by
    im a nure and dont believe in obamas policies. dont assume we all think alike.
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  4. Feb 8, '12 by
    There isn’t any evidence that Planned Parenthood was misusing funds. The investigation is a partisan witch hunt initiated by anti-choice Republican Rep Cliff Stearns, R-Fl., chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations within the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Under these rules, if you want to create a controversy that will lead Komen to defund an organization, all you have to do is open an investigation. That’s what happened to Planned Parenthood. On Sept. 15, Rep Cliff Stearns, R-Fl., chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations within the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent Planned Parenthood a letter announcing that the committee was investigating Planned Parenthood’s “use of federal funding and its compliance with federal restrictions on the funding of abortion.” Under the rules articulated three months later by Komen, this letter instantly made Planned Parenthood ineligible for any Komen grant.

    Stearns’ letter was sent on the official stationery of the energy and commerce committee, with the name of the committee’s ranking Democratic member, Henry Waxman, D-Calif., displayed in the upper right-hand corner as an imprimatur. But Waxman didn’t sign the letter. In fact, two weeks later, Waxman and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent Stearns a letter denouncing his investigation as a partisan sham. “This year, House Republicans have voted twice to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding,” they observed. “You strongly supported these efforts, stating that ‘defunding Planned Parenthood should be a fiscal and moral priority for Congress.’ ”

    In sum, the investigation was created by one man. Using his committee stationery, he converted his politics into a controversy, triggering Komen’s grant-refusal criteria.

    Brinker is beginning to understand the problem. In her statement on Friday, she wrote, “We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.”
    http://www.slate.com/articles/health...her_name_.html
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  5. Feb 8, '12 by
    "...if every nurse emailed their representatives in government and told them to stop trying to block access to contraceptives, sexual education, and attempting to squash Planned Parenthood...."

    Karen, what makes you think ALL nurses support Planned Parenthood? PP is indeed self-sustaining and will never go away. You think they do all those abortions for free? Check out for yourself what physicians and support staff are paid per abortion.

    But the real issue here, as brought up in your letter, is nurse unity. You are right; if we all agree on something, we could be a force for change. The ANA has long been an ineffective figurehead for nurse unity. I cannot remember a single issue they have brought up to the administration that significantly improved our working environment. That is why I support the National Nurses United, a union first formed in California which has spread throughout the country. They are addressing real issues, such as the need for reasonable, safe nurseatient ratios. And those ratios are determined not by hospital administrators, but by third-party researchers who have found that patients thrive with adequate nurses on board. (Which always makes me think "Duh.") The NNU was started by nurses who are not too far from direct patient care to remember what it's like to live through a nurse's workday.

    I bet every nurse reading this letter agrees that short-staffing nurses is unsafe for patients and makes for a miserable work environment for nurses. To stop this, we will have to stand up to the hospital and health insurance industries. And we cannot do it alone. It will take all of us standing together to effect change. I'm ready.
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  6. Feb 8, '12 by
    Nurses are no different than the general population and a great many of us are not in favor of federal funds going to planned parenthood, governmental intrusion into religious institutions or abortion on demand. On the surface, your idea sounds interesting but upon further reflection, I find it flawed and probably not realistic.

    DanB
    Tampa, FL
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  7. Feb 8, '12 by
    I fully agree with and support the concept of nurses as an important political constituency. However, we should not focus on issues that divide us. Not every nurse is pro/anti abortion, seat belts, helmet laws, immigration, etc. and many differ on how to best facilitate access to care. However, we probably all agree that nursing is the largest healthcare workforce, the most trusted profession, and essential to the continuation of quality healthcare in this country. We probably all agree that nursing faculty should receive incentives so that the most qualified nurses can afford to become educators. Other issues, such as abortion can and should be addressed by individuals according to their beliefs and values. If nursing is to make a political impact, we need to focus on what we can easily be united in and demonstrate the political clout that we posses.

    To nurses and our common ground!
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  8. Feb 13, '12 by
    Please tell me what this is, if not an outright lie. Planned Parenthood cheats taxpayers with imaginary mammograms - YouTube

    I find it unbelievably presumptuous, OP, that you would automatically assume that every nurse believes the way that you do. I pray that Planned Parenthood will be 100% defunded by the federal government. It has more than enough private funding sources, and there is NO REASON IN THE WORLD that taxpayer money should be going to them. There are far too many questions about its practices for taxpayer money to be used to fund it. I don't deny that it serves some of the population who truly needs the help, but far more than that, it is all about the huge business of abortion. The culture of death PP perpetuates is beyond disturbing.

    And let's face it. They do NOT do mammograms, as their lying CEO claimed.
  9. Feb 13, '12 by
    There are some facilities that offer mammograms but they do provide breast exams and referrals to facilities that offer mammograms.

    I personally didn't realize how much a pain it was to get a mammogram until I recently found a lump (that turned out benign). I called up a place that does mammograms and they didn't want to talk to me without a referral. So I had to go to my primary care doctor who then wrote the referral. For a woman who doesn't have any money, seeking out just the referral would be costly.

    If you want to see their program expenses, you can view that on charity navigator:
    Charity Navigator Rating - Planned Parenthood Federation of America

    So that video says they spent $100 million on fundraising last year but the truth is they spent $13 million. Sure it is a lot but it isn't unusual. The American Red Cross spent $130 million on fundraising last year. Doctor's without Borders spent $18 million on fundraising.
  10. Feb 13, '12 by
    Quote from CFitzRN
    Please tell me what this is, if not an outright lie. Planned Parenthood cheats taxpayers with imaginary mammograms - YouTube

    I find it unbelievably presumptuous, OP, that you would automatically assume that every nurse believes the way that you do. I pray that Planned Parenthood will be 100% defunded by the federal government. It has more than enough private funding sources, and there is NO REASON IN THE WORLD that taxpayer money should be going to them. There are far too many questions about its practices for taxpayer money to be used to fund it. I don't deny that it serves some of the population who truly needs the help, but far more than that, it is all about the huge business of abortion. The culture of death PP perpetuates is beyond disturbing.

    And let's face it. They do NOT do mammograms, as their lying CEO claimed.
    One minute of investigation and you can find out the Komen pays PP to screen women for breast cancer, and when PP refers them for a mammogram they pay for it. You have to be referred to the facility for a mammogram, but you need to go in to have a breast exam first. The women that don't have their own doctor to refer them would be screwed if it wasn't for facilities like planned parenthood that give women access to practitioners.
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