As a breast cancer survivor and contributor to Susan G. Komen, I was surprised that my support aided in the killing of unborn infants. I thought my money was going to help breast cancer patients. I am very disappointed in the foundation!

Hi Deborah, how are you? I don't think people's support of Susan G. Komen directly supported abortions. Susan G. Komen was providing Planned Parenthood with funds to perform breast exams, which is another one of the services they provide. The controversy was with the fact that Planned Parenthood also performs abortions, and that is why Komen was initially pushed to stop giving them funds to perform breast exams.

Jesika: Why won't anyone else comment on the Two schools one book fiasco? The arrest of the books main character for severely beating his wife is definitely worthy of an article considering the patch covered the event itself. I think it is very sad that our kids are getting an agenda driven education in Newton, but it is far more sad when the leaders of our public schools will not admit when they have failed. Our kids spent a considerable amount of time being told what a great guy Zeitoun was, so much so they skipped a day of school to talk about him. What is the lesson our kids are suppose to learn here? If you pretend like something never happened and don't comment on it, all will be well. The real lesson of Zeitoun is turning into a very embarrassing one with the assistance of the two Newton High Schools and their look the other way attitude. Please don't join them in ignoring this issue

Thanks for the quick response Melanie!!! I believe that this story couldn't be anymore "Hyper local" considering over 3,800 Newton High school students skipped a day of learning to discuss this man Zeitoun who was repeatedly lauded as a hero to our students. If you guys covered the "Two Books" day, why wouldn't you cover this major and unfathomable (by most) development? He was arrested a while ago and his case already cleared the courts, Please let me know your thoughts... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/zeitoun-arrest-report?page=0

"Two schools" sorry

I am 100% in support of Planned Parenthood and the good they do for women and men. SGK was wise to retract their initial statement.

I never supported Komen. I believe in all Cancer research and that is what I support. I do not support any non-profit organization that contributes to any political party. That is not what the donated money is for. And what is the Government doing by giving money to a non-profit organization such as Planned Parenthood or any non profit for that matter. For their support during elections.

>Susan G. Komen for the Cure has just announced it is reversing its decision...

No. They've said they will "allow" Planned Parenthood to re-apply. They have not reversed their decision. And their still being run by anti-choice zealots.

Lung cancer charity threatened by Komen over use of "Cure."

"It happened to my family," said Roxanne Donovan, whose sister runs Kites for a Cure, a family kite-flying event that raises money for lung cancer research. "They came after us ferociously with a big law firm. They said they own 'cure' in a name and we had to stop using it, even though we were raising money for an entirely different cause."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/komen-foundation-charities-cure_n_793176.html

I was also surprised to find the SGK sends money to PP. I will never contribute to SGK or any one who walks/runs/etc in one of their events. I don't care if PP has diversified their operations to include something the general public is OK with - the heart of their business; the purpose of their organization is death of an innocent life. And of course, now Obama, the president most aggressive in killing innocent lives even if they survive an abortion, is trying to make it a requirement that every company including Christian churches pay for abortion services through OBAMACare.

SGK guilty by association. You are who you associate with. SGK became a part of the pro-death-of-an-innocent-life movement .... apparently back in 2005. Who knew? It's public now. I look forward to watching the decline of both organizations and the rise of a group that really cares for the life and health of women.

And I agree with Stringfellow. The whole financial model of a non-profit organization is to get support from the community, not from the government's distribution of money it collects from tax payers. If tax payers want to support a non-profit, they do that and take a tax cut for doing it. It makes no sense for the government to give a non-profit money. If the non-profit doesn't have enough money to operate, its because the community doesn't support it. If PP can't live without government funds, its bc people don't believe in it enough to support it.

Chris helms didn't you used to run the Tab in Watertown? What happened ?

Hey Sonny, yes that's me! I left when I got the offer to run a JP site, since I live in JP. Watertown's a great news town and I enjoyed working at the TAB.

We miss you dude. Nobody takes on Town Hall like you used to. The TM set one reporter up to get her fired and ever since the editor has been to scared to write anything critical about the TM or TC. Kinda like living in North Korea, except the food is worse in Watertown.

Thanks for saying that, Sonny. I always felt like I could have been tougher on Town Hall. I remember Mr. Driscoll particularly disliking an editorial where I compared trying to figure out what was really going on in Town Hall to Kremlinology.