I know very little about the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the work it does. I suppose I just assumed that any group that was raising awareness of breast cancer and promoting the treatment of it was a good thing…and I still assume that. But this whole mess with Planned Parenthood has certainly done the Komen organization a lot of harm and exposed some negative sides of it. One of my pet peeves relating to allegedly selfless fund-raising is how merchants are able to say "a portion of what we collect is going to charity" even though only microscopic fractions are being so directed. Apparently, this is the case with an awful lot of products adorned with those pink ribbons.
Clara Jeffrey has been a critic of the Komen organizaton. She has much to say about what's wrong with it and what will need correcting.