Komen Revises Controversial Grants Policy, Backpedals to Begin Damage Control

Susan G. Komen for the Cure changed their minds fairly quickly, releasing a statement on February 3rd that changes the policy decision that led to the revocation of a $680,000 grant to Planned Parenthood.

According to Bloomberg:

• A majority of a sample of social media messages related to the issue were negative towards Komen
• Planned Parenthood raised an additional $3 million in pledges as a result of the debacle
• Komen's policies were amended to add that the "investigations" identified at a prospective or current grantee must be criminal in nature "and not political"

In a statement issued Friday, Komen said, "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.” The statement did not, however, promise to restore funding to Planned Parenthood but did say PP would be eligible for future grants.

Komen's apology Friday was met with skepticism. A follow-up comment to a Washington Post article by
jpawlik1 is representative of how many are feeling about Komen in the aftermath: