Barbara Lee Responds to Susan G. Komen Decision to Cease Grants to Planned Parenthood Health Centers
Contact: Kristal DeKleer (202) 225-1882
Washington, DC– Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09) released the following statement in response to the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving grants:
“Yesterday, the women legislators of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation came together to express concernand displeasure over Susan G. Komen’s decision to end grants to Planned Parenthood health centers. Caving to a Congressional right-wing witch hunt won’t just hurt Planned Parenthood; it sets back women’s health.
“Funding from Susan G. Komen has allowed Planned Parenthood to provide nearly 170,000 clinical breast exams in the past five years as well as more than 6,400 mammogram referrals. One in five women in America has gone to Planned Parenthood at some point in their lives, and as science has shown, early detection is the key to survival. For the sake of women’s health, the Delegation has requested that Komen reconsider its decision.
“As a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee which funds women’s health care programs, a great deal of time is spent fighting these Republican efforts to deny women, especially low income women and women of color, these basic health care services. The recent decision of Komen puts politics above women’s health and is nothing more than a part of the War on Women.”
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Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation: Barbara Lee; Karen Bass; Lois Capps; Judy Chu; Susan Davis; Anna G. Eshoo; Janice Hahn; Zoe Lofgren; Doris Matsui; Grace Napolitano; Laura Richardson; Lucille Roybal-Allard; Linda Sanchez; Loretta Sanchez; Jackie Speier; Maxine Waters; and Lynn Woolsey.