Karen Handel: Planned Parenthood ‘orchestrated attack’ on Komen charity

Karen Handel, (who ran in the Republican primary for Georgia governor in 2010) has some choice words for Planned Parenthood.

She claims Planned Parenthood orchestrated a shakedown !!


Sunday, March 4, 2012 10:32 EST -- The Raw Story

Karen Handel, the former senior vice president of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, accused Planned Parenthood of extortion during an appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

The charity faced a public backlash after the Associated Press learned that it was halting their partnership with Planned Parenthood because of recently adopted criteria prohibiting grants to organizations under local, state, or federal investigation. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) had called for an investigation of Planned Parenthood to ensure that no public funds had been spent to carry out abortions.

“It’s clear that Planned Parenthood proactively went to [the Associated Press],” Handel said. “On top of that, what is even more disturbing is the gross mischaracterization of the decision, the solid evidence that this was a premeditated, orchestrated attack on a breast cancer organization.”

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However ...

Emails that have surfaced since the controversy began show that Handel was in fact behind the decision, although Komen founder Nancy G. Brinker has repeatedly denied that.

Handel resigned from the organization in early February.

Hmmm...