Karen Handel painted move as non-political: insider
(NEWSER) - Susan G. Komen Foundation leaders have given several reasons for the charity's now-reversed cuts to Planned Parenthood funding —but here's one they didn't mention. Komen's VP for public policy, abortion-rights opponent Karen Handel, fueled the decision, an insider with the group tells the Huffington Post . Handel worked to paint the decision as nonpolitical, the source says. She "was the prime instigator of this effort. She said, 'If we just say it's about investigations, we can defund Planned Parenthood and no one can blame us for being political.'" HuffPo reports that it was shown internal emails sent on the day the Planned Parenthood cuts were announced that confirm that Handel had "sole authority in crafting and implementing the policy." More»
