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Local reaction to Komen decision to restore Planned Parenthood funding

Local women’s health activists cheered the news that Susan G. Komen for the Cure had reversed its recent decision to no longer issue breast cancer prevention grants to Planned Parenthood. The breast cancer charity was harshly criticized by breast cancer survivors, members of Congress, and even their own affliates in various states for playing politics with women’s health.

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