February 3, 2012

The 411 on breasts, Komen and Planned Parenthood

Have you been seeing a whole bunch of talk on your Facebook, twitter and elsewhere about the Pink Ribbon Problem?  Susan G Komen, an organization that raises hundreds of millions of dollars each year for breast cancer research and prevention, pulled a large grant being used by Planned Parenthood to do prevention screenings for mostly uninsured women.  This quick chat with Shanelle Matthews and Jeanine Shimatsu break down the basics of why this matters--especially to young women of color. 

If you want to learn more about this issue, please check out the following links.

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