Dam has Broken, It's Too Late for KOMEN
source: http://tinyurl.com/7gz7buj
(This is my piece.) And as noted in this KOS piece from yesterday, KOMEN supporters jump ship, even before this decision "people have been uncomfortable with SGK's marketing, SUPPRESSION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (my cap), and pushing small groups around over copyright and trademark. This Planned Parenthood thing has just finally pushed them over the edge."
As a physician, I am very concerned. They made a medically unethical decision without hesitating. Just how many others have they made over the years? If they allowed one big funder to tell them to do this, what pressure have they bowed too previously from Big for-profit Health? You know the Right Wing/Big Health mantra is 'die quick, die cheap'...and that most especially goes for women.
I am about to propose to those who ask, that any woman getting treated for breast cancer discuss with her doctor if he uses any KOMEN funded research, asks why...and then asks to be treated by another standard!http://tinyurl.com/7gz7buj
As a physician, I am very concerned. They made a medically unethical decision without hesitating. Just how many others have they made over the years? If they allowed one big funder to tell them to do this, what pressure have they bowed too previously from Big for-profit Health? You know the Right Wing/Big Health mantra is 'die quick, die cheap'...and that most especially goes for women.
I am about to propose to those who ask, that any woman getting treated for breast cancer discuss with her doctor if he uses any KOMEN funded research, asks why...and then asks to be treated by another standard!http://tinyurl.com/7gz7buj
