Karen Handel explains Komen resignation, blasts Planned Parenthood
Komen for the Cure is still trying to recover from last week's credibility-killing fiasco involving Planned Parenthood grants, and to that end, there's been a major shake-up within the organization.
Karen Handel, a former secretary of state in Georgia and a Republican activist, was hired in April as vice president of public policy at the Dallas-based Komen. Handel was coming off an unsuccessful run for governor of Georgia during which she
“Karen Handel was the prime instigator of this effort, and she herself personally came up with investigation criteria,” the source, who requested anonymity for professional reasons, told HuffPost. “She said, 'If we just say it's
Karen Handel says she resigned as a vice president for Susan G. Komen for the Cure because she had become "too much of a focal point" in the controversy surrounding Komen's decision to cut its funding to Planned Parenthood — a decision that,
Karen Handel, a senior executive with the Susan G. Komen Foundation has just resigned, following last week's funding controversy over Planned Parenthood. Handel, the organization's vice president for public policy, offered
Related posts:
- Karen Handel Exits Susan G. Komen: The Resignation Letter
- Susan G. Komen reverses course, will keep funding Planned Parenthood
- Susan G. Komen reverses course, will keep funding Planned Parenthood
- Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with Planned Parenthood
- Susan G Komen accused of inventing rule to cut Planned Parenthood funding