Susan G. Komen for the Cure has shown this week it's more concerned about bowing to pressure from Republican money-sources than preventing disease.
Helmed now by a staunch abortion foe, Komen this week announced it is cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood, a pro-choice group that performs abortions in some of its clinics: just one of the many health services it offers to women wjo might not otherwise be able to afford them.
Komen claims it's because Congress has launched an investigation of how Planned Parenthood spends its money. Planned Parenthood and other organizations call the probe a "sham."
Also this week, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker was kicked out of an environmental committee hearing in Washington and arrested. The Republican chair of the committee cited a seldom-used credentialing rule to instigate the arrest by Capitol police.
And, finally, the American Family Association has launched a campaign against J.C. Penney. The department store chain just hired Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson. The American Family Association says she is not representative of the women who shop there.
I'm not a declared Republican or Democrat but power plays offend me, especially when a political party uses its clout in a way that could seriously endanger lives. Or manipulates the law to silence those who disagree with its principles and proposed laws. Or tries to silence a popular TV host because of her sexual orientation.
We can expect much more of this if we elect one of them as our President.
