Komen’s Second Funding Debate

The cancer charity is embroiled in an argument over embryonic stem cell research.

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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, MESSERWOLAND

After a public and passionate debate over its funding of Planned Parenthood, breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure has become embroiled in another controversy, this one over its role in funding embryonic stem cell (ESC) research.

Last week, an online pro-life publication, LifeNews.com, published a story claiming that the Komen foundation had stopped funding ESC research for breast cancer, ScienceInsider reported. The article was the result of a confusing swarm of online reports: Last year, a tax analysis touted by LifeNews.com said that the charity gave $12 million in research funds to five institutions where human embryonic stem cell research was conducted. Then, in November, the foundation posted a statement on its website saying that it does not support embryonic stem cell ...

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