Susan G. Komen for the Cure apologized on Friday for suspending its breast screening grant program with Planned Parenthood this week and announced it would revise a company policy that led to the decision, following an enormous public outcry and sharp criticism.
Ashley Portero
Feb 03, 2012
Discount Gun Sales is proud to team up with the Susan B. Koman Foundation to offer the Walther P-22 Hope Edition in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Ellen Killoran
Feb 03, 2012
Outrage over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has spurred talk about its abortion services--a politically controversial part of its program that only accounts for 3 percent of its patient care.
Sara Dover
Feb 03, 2012
Perhaps it is only a coincidence, but the drop in violent crime has roughly occurred concurrently with a spike in obesity.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 03, 2012
In an attempt to blunt the criticism against its decision to cut funding for the Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Cure denied the influence of political views in its decision.
Sreeja VN
Feb 03, 2012
The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure has revoked Planned Parenthood's funding because the group is under federal investigation, but it has not revoked Penn State University's funding, even though Penn State is under federal investigation as well.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 02, 2012
Sources with direct knowledge of the issue told The Atlantic the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation adopted new policies specifically to suspend its Planned Parenthood partnership.
Ashley Portero
Feb 02, 2012
Nearly two dozen U.S. senators have signed a letter to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, urging it to reinstate funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening exams for low-income women, The Washington Post is reporting.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 02, 2012
Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker said Komen's decision to end its partnership with Planned Parenthood has been mischaracterized and is not politically motivated.
Ashley Portero
Feb 02, 2012
Tom Tancredo, a former Colorado congressman and 2008 presidential candidate, endorsed Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, giving a small boost to Santorum's long-shot campaign after he finished a distant third in the Florida primary.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 01, 2012
Karen Handel became the vice president of Susan G. Komen for the Cure only months after running for governor of Georgia on a fervently pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood platform.
Ashley Portero
Feb 01, 2012
Tyler, a senior strategist for super PAC Winning Our Future and a former Gingrich aide, accused MSNBC of race baiting on Tuesday, and the Democratic Party of failing the black community on economic and social issues. But when Rachel Maddow and Rev. Al Sharpton challenged his argument, Tyler ended up playing into one of the most racially charged conspiracy theories out there: the Black Genocide theory.
Melanie Jones
Feb 01, 2012
On Tuesday, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that they will cut funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Komen has provided funding for around 770,000 women's health screenings such as breast exams and mammograms among many other services. In light of Planned Parenthood's cut funding, it is important that women perform regular self breast exams.
Amanda Remling
Feb 01, 2012
An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its quest to take back Congress seats lost in the 2010 election.
Eric Linton
Jan 30, 2012
Recently, Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical question concerning Israel’s security. Would he, as president, provide Israel with military assistance if they were attacked with nuclear weapons from Iran?
Walt Osterman
Jan 30, 2012
If his son gets into deeper trouble, Ray's future political ambitions might be thwarted.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 28, 2012
After Oklahoma State Sen. Ralph Shortey introduced a bill Jan. 18 that prohibits the manufacture or sale of foods which contain aborted human fetuses or which used them in the research or development of any of the ingredients, the world is wondering what foods contain aborted human fetuses.
Lauren Holter
Jan 27, 2012
Ron Paul reached his goal of raising a quarter million dollars to End the TSA in just three days with the help of small-dollar donors infuriated with the agency's security procedures.
Sara Dover
Jan 27, 2012
The 2012 Florida Republican Debate took a very personal turn when Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul waxed poetic about their wives, making the case for why their better-halves would make the best First Lady.
Sara Dover
Jan 26, 2012
The woman who is accusing Greg Kelly, broadcast journalist and son of NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, of sexually assaulting her is also alleging that she became pregnant as a result.
Michael Billera
Jan 26, 2012
Ron Paul raised nearly a quarter million dollars just two days into his campaign to end the TSA, launched shortly after his son made headlines for refusing a security pat-down.
Sara Dover
Jan 25, 2012
The International Business Times has compiled comprehensive profiles on Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum and their positions on 11 issues: entitlement programs, health care, job creation, taxes, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, abortion, education, gay marriage and immigration.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 25, 2012