The Poor Aren't Worth A Cure.

Time to get political. 

 My rage, right now, is great. 

In case you don't know, Planned Parenthood, a women's health centre in America, has been under fire recently due to the fact they provide and refer people for abortions. Oh the horror! There have been many attempts to remove state funding (which due to the Hyde amendment does NOT go to abortions unless medically necessary) which has led to centres closing, depriving many poor women of basic medical care that they can get no-where else. 

 And now, due to pressure from the anti-choice, Susan G. Komen for the Cure have withdrawn funding from Planned Parenthood. Funding that largely went towards breast screenings. LIFE SAVING BREAST SCREENINGS. 

"New criteria". New criteria which means they won't donate to services under investigation. Services they know full well are under unfair investigation due to the desire of a few to reduce women to nothing more than walking incubators! 

Now breast care is for the middle and upper classes. Are you poor? YOU AREN'T WORTH THE CURE. That's what you are telling us, SGK. Poor women aren't worth saving. Your fancy new policy is far more important. Screw your policy. Screw you for being the next to let women die. 

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/31/146160911/susan-g-komen-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood

EDIT~ "In some ways, the Komen decision isn’t particularly surprising. The group has been under pressure from anti-abortion rights groups not to fund Planned Parenthood. It also hired a vice president last year who had previously advocated for the group’s defunding in her run for Georgia governor. With a congressional investigation underway, Komen pulled its support. "

It's worse than I thought.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-komen-defunded-planned-parenthood/2012/01/31/gIQAACW0fQ_blog.html