Last week, breast cancer awareness charity Susan G. Komen Foundation decided to revoke its contributions to Planned Parenthood, citing the reason being that parts of the services offered by the group didn’t fit with Komen’s ever-changing standards and views on how its resources should be used for women’s health.

This caused a huge uproar and caused Komen to not only lose a lot of funding, but also its spine.  Earlier this week, the foundation reneged on its campaign and sent out an apology for the action and sent a sizable, yet unknown, donation to Planned Parenthood.  It really didn’t matter though — the damage had already been done.  Planned Parenthood received not only some of the largest donations to date from groups angry at the cancer awareness giant, but also, Komen will have this blemish to deal with for the unforeseeable future.

I personally don’t see why Komen decided to lose all credibility by going back on its belief.  If the foundation didn’t feel like Planned Parenthood is worthy of its donations, then it shouldn’t get them.  Those donations should go to help the one in eight women who need it to fight this ugly and deadly disease, so they don’t become like the over 34,000 women who lost their lives to it last year.  If people want to have their money go to “family planning services,” one option being abortion, then they need to donate to Planned Parenthood directly.

Personally, I’m more upset that Obamacare is trying to force its will on religion-based healthcare providers, namely those of the Catholic Church and its charities, by threatening to pull their federal funding if they don’t provide services that are in direct opposition of their beliefs.

According to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in a press conference, “If a medical facility does not comply with the law to supply FDA-approved contraception, including those that induce abortions, by August of next year their federal funding will be taken away.”  This is against Catholic teachings which say that artificial contraception and abortion are morally wrong.  Forcing Catholics to take on these new mandates would be in direct conflict with their spiritual teachings and conflict with their First Amendment rights for freedom of religion.

The law would also require that people of the Catholic faith purchase federal health insurance, which would pay for sterilizations and artificial contraceptives, including those which induce abortions.  I understand that, under the current legal system, women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies, but by the same token, shouldn’t women have the choice not to pay for and support something they find morally reprehensible?