 has announced it will continue to fund and educational programming on breast health run by fellow US-charity and its affiliates. This news comes shortly after Komen announced it would cut funding to Planned Parenthood due to an ongoing investigation. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker in 2009 Komen has changed its internal criteria for grant funding. Previously, it would not support any organization under investigation of any kind; now it says it will only cut support if the investigation involved is "criminal and conclusive". The old criteria disqualified Planned Parenthood because it was under investigation by United States  Chairman Representative . Since the cuts were announced, Planned Parenthood gained $3 million (2.3m, 1.9m) in donations and 10,000 new Facebook likes. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally pledged $250,000 (€190k, £158k). 26  signed a public letter to the charity; in it they said, "It would be tragic if any woman — let alone thousands of women — lost access to these potentially lifesaving screenings because of a politically motivated attack."
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced it will continue to fund and educational programming on breast health run by fellow US-charity and its affiliates. This news comes shortly after Komen announced it would cut funding to Planned Parenthood due to an ongoing investigation. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker in 2009 Komen has changed its internal criteria for grant funding. Previously, it would not support any organization under investigation of any kind; now it says it will only cut support if the investigation involved is "criminal and conclusive". The old criteria disqualified Planned Parenthood because it was under investigation by United States House Chairman Representative . Since the cuts were announced, Planned Parenthood gained $3 million (2.3m, 1.9m) in donations and 10,000 new Facebook likes. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally pledged $250,000 (€190k, £158k). 26 US Senators signed a public letter to the charity; in it they said, "It would be tragic if any woman — let alone thousands of women — lost access to these potentially lifesaving screenings because of a politically motivated attack."
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