Komen Position Statements

The Komen Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate provides funding for breast health education and outreach. We do not funding Planned Parenthood for medical services. Please read Komen's statement on Planned Parenthood from our national organization to learn more. (Download PDF)

More on this subject from a recent article about another Komen Affiliate:
After a meeting with staffers from the National Headquarter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Monsignor J. Gaston Hebert retracted his earlier contention--that parishioner donations to Komen could free up funding for abortions and contraceptive services--"turned out not to be true."

"It is important that the stance of the Catholic Church always be based upon truth" Hebert said. "The position statement issued on February 7th was based upon unintentional error. To let that statement stand would be an act of injustice." Hebert described Komen's work as "exceptional" and apologized to those "embarrassed by this mistaken policy." For that full article, click here

Other Komen Position Statments
We are continually looking at environmental factors and breast cancer. Last year Susan G. Komen for the Cure funded a study with the Silent Spring Institute:http://sciencereview.silentspring.org/index.cfm
 
To get more of the FACTS please refer to the link below:  http://cms.komen.org/Komen/AboutBreastCancer/AbcFactorsNotRelatedtoRisk

Read Komen’s Position on Stem Cell Research. (Download PDF)

Read Komen’s Position on Animal Testing. (Download PDF)