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Susan G . Komen president resigning, founder shifting roles

The president of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is resigning and founder Nancy Brinker is moving away from its day-to-day management, the nation's largest breast cancer foundation said Wednesday as fallout from its brief decision to end funding for Planned Parenthood reaches the organization's highest ranks.President Liz Thompson will leave Komen next month and Brinker will relinquish her chief executive's role for one more focused on fundraising and strategic planning, according to a statement from the Dallas-based organization.It's the latest shakeup since news emerged in January that Komen had decided to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood for breast-cancer screening. After a three-day firestorm, Komen reversed restored the funding -- though that didn't quell the criticism.At least five other high-ranking executives have resigned in recent months.Brinker founded the organization in 1982, two years after her sister, Susan G. Komen, died of breast cancer. Thompson joined the gro...

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  1. Komen cancer charity abandons plans to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood

    The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days o...

  2. Komen Race for the Cure draws over 20,000 participants

    22nd annual event fills the streets of Philadelphia

  3. Pink Persuasion

    Susan G . Komen Foundation to kick off global race for the cure this weekend

  4. Komen official at center of Planned Parenthood dispute quits

    A high-ranking official in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity quit Tuesday, offering a defiant letter of resignation detailing the organization's ...

  5. MADD names Susan G . Komen official its new CEO

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Mothers Against Drunk Driving has named a top official with the breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure its new chief executive officer.M...

  6. Breast cancer charity defends Planned Parenthood cuts

    Critics blast Susan G . Komen for the Cure for stopping grants

  7. Three decades after founding world's largest breast-cancer charity, Komen CEO to step down

    As her sister was dying from breast cancer, Nancy G. Brinker made a promise to her: She would do everything she could to end the disease.Brinker fulfilled that solem...

  8. Komen VP resigns over Planned Parenthood funding flap

    Karen Handel on why she left her post

  9. Exclusive: Former Komen Foundation VP Karen Handel Speaks Out on Controversy, Says Planned Parenthood Is the Only Group Making the Issue Political

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  10. Komen Foundation to reinstate Planned Parenthood funding

    Apologizes for 'recent decisions' and promises to fund existing grants

  11. Anti-abortion groups cite alleged cancer-abortion link to explain Komen's split with Planned Parenthood

    As the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation faces accusations that it split with Planned Parenthood over political pressure, at least a couple pro-life groups are ...

  12. Susan G . Komen for the Cure , Planned Parenthood backlash

    Funding decision causes national furor

  1. Komen cancer charity abandons plans to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood

    For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Frid...

  2. AP Exclusive: Amid abortion debate, Komen cancer charity halting grants to Planned Parenthood

    The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, lin...

  3. Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood after Komen decides to cut breast screening grants

    Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the repr...

  4. AP Enterprise: After Planned Parenthood controversy, participation drops at Komen race events

    For years, Katie Sanchez participated in her local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raising money annually to honor her aunt, cousin and a male friend — all breast ...

  5. Top official quits, some affiliates upset as Komen cancer fund cuts Planned Parenthood grants

    The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Pare...

  6. Planned Parenthood's loss of Komen cancer charity grants triggers donations, heated reactions

    Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the 24 hours after news broke that its affiliates would be losing grants f...

  7. After Komen furor, some supporters of the breast-cancer charity say they won't go back

    When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she ...

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