UPDATE: February 3, 2012: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation reversed its decision and will continue to fund breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood health centers.
The outpouring of support online for Planned Parenthood and women in need of breast cancer screenings has been nothing short of astonishing and, because of it, the Planned Parenthood Breast Health Fund has received more than $3 million from thousands of people across the country in only three days.
Every dollar we received for this fund will go directly to funding breast exams and diagnostic servics as well as breast health outreach and education. Now that the Komen Foundation plans to continue their support, even more women will receive lifesaving breast cancer care.
We look forward to continuing our partnership with Komen parners leaders, volunteers, and supporters like you. Thank you so much for your voice and for standing with us.
To make a donation to the local Breast Health Fund to support women in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, please call 509-241-4277 or email us.
Planned Parenthood’s doctors and nurses teach patients about breast care; connect patients to resources to help them get vital biopsies, ultrasounds, and mammograms; and follow up to make sure patients are cared for with the attention they need and deserve. Read the stories of women whose lives have been saved by early breast cancer detection.
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