{"id":25955,"date":"2012-02-01T20:23:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/exceptional.html"},"modified":"2012-02-01T22:10:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:10:12","slug":"exceptional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/exceptional.html","title":{"rendered":"Exceptional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applause to the Denver Susan G. Komen affiliate for asking to an exception to the national foundation&#8217;s cutting off of Planned Parenthood from grants for mammograms, etc.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;The Denver affiliate said it wants to fund Planned Parenthood for the grant cycle of April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, pending the grant review committee and board of directors&#8217; approval of their grant application.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The affiliate closely monitors all grantees to guarantee the awarded funds are used as intended and NOT used outside the scope of our promise to end breast cancer,&#8221; the statement on Facebook said. &#8220;The monitoring includes 6-month, 9-month and final reports; site visit; and quarterly coalition meetings.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, if SGK were being logical (and honest) about the matter, then an exception wouldn&#8217;t be needed in the first place. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 120px; width: 120px; overflow: hidden; float: left; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; clear: both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedenverchannel.com%2F2012%2F0201%2F30350795_240X180.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/30350832\/detail.html\">Denver&#8217;s Komen Asks To Continue Funding Planned Parenthood &#8211; Denver News Story &#8211; KMGH Denver<\/a><br \/>\nDENVER &#8212; While the Komen Foundation is halting partnerships with Planned Parenthood across the country, the Denver affiliate is asking for an exemption. Wednesday, February 1, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applause to the Denver Susan G. Komen affiliate for asking to an exception to the national foundation&#8217;s cutting off of Planned Parenthood from grants for mammograms, etc. &#8216;The Denver affiliate said it wants to fund Planned Parenthood for the grant cycle of April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, pending the grant review committee and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/exceptional.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exceptional&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,134,8],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-care","category-zt-pc","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26169,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/behind-the-scenes-at-komen.html","url_meta":{"origin":25955,"position":0},"title":"Behind the scenes at Komen","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Feb-12 7:31am","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking at some of the stories now coming out from SGK about what went into their decision to de-grant Planned Parenthood. There've been rumors that it was largely a decision from the top down, and these stories echo that, including a subcommittee asked to analyze evaluate the outcome of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25992,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/03\/where-the-komen-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-hurts.html","url_meta":{"origin":25955,"position":1},"title":"Where the Komen defunding of Planned Parenthood hurts","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-Feb-12 2:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"In areas where PP clinics are the only thing out there -- and where the grant money was not only valuable in and of itself, but leveraged other programs to help poor women. #ddtbReshared post from +Mark Dodson Embedded Link Where The Komen Decision To Defund Planned Parenthood Will Hit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25998,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/03\/komen-backs-down-mostly-on-the-planned-parenthoood-defunding.html","url_meta":{"origin":25955,"position":2},"title":"Komen backs down (mostly) on the Planned Parenthoood defunding","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-Feb-12 9:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow. That's ... remarkable. \"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. [...] Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24542,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/15\/texting-for-information-about-sex.html","url_meta":{"origin":25955,"position":3},"title":"Texting for information about sex","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 15-Dec-11 8:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"I think this is a pretty cool thing, esp. given how much texting is done by teens. I suppose if they had smartphones they could Google the questions, but a lot of kids don't. Getting good info is always a smart, useful thing.On the flip side of the coin (not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25948,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/throwing-out-the-babys-mothers-with-the-bath-water.html","url_meta":{"origin":25955,"position":4},"title":"Throwing out the baby&#39;s mothers with the bath water","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Feb-12 7:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If Planned Parenthood really were primarily an abortion provider that did a bit of other women's health provision on the side ... then I might understand this. 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