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The Susan G Komen Foundation brought back funding to Planned Parenthood. This news means a few things for women, feminists, and Planned Parenthood. For decades Planned Parenthood has been a staple organization for women. I’ve heard PP described as a mother figure, a friend, and a confidant. Not many organizations (ESPECIALLY in the medical field) can boast having such a personal presence in the lives of its patients. And when the Komen Foundation hit PP with the news that they were pulling funding, the WHOLE big Planned Parenthood family took offense. And this is not the family you want to mess with.

People that never take a stance on ANYTHING took a stance on this. The apathetic, the “I’m not a feminist but…”’s, the mothers who would have had 12 children was it not for BC (birth control), and the die-hard, true-blue Planned Parenthood supporters. It was an amazing show of support that under-appreciated organizations like Planned Parenthood don’t get to see to often. Planned Parenthood is used to defending the 3% of their abortion services; not the other 97%. But, because we live in such a neo-conservative nation, it is not surprising that a few hyper-conservative board members would go so far as to de-fund mammograms and breast exams based on the argument the PP is under investigation by congress.

While the news that the Komen Foundation is reinstating funding for PP is great news; it is only half the battle. As many crusaders for basic civil rights will tell you, if you do not keep on top of every single attempt to chip away at your cause it will get destroyed. In order to ensure that this does not happen again, the Komen Foundation is going to need to revamp their entire exec board. Who is to say they wont try pull this stunt again, and again, and again until it works and they completely defund Planned Parenthood. Unless lower members of the Susan G Komen foundation step up and call for a new board, an APOLITICAL board, then nothing has really changed. They felt pressure and they caved. But they will only rethink their tactics until they come up with an effective way to relinquish funding.

I want to applaud everyone who stood with Planned Parenthood, as it was such an important fight for women. But the fight isn’t over. And the worse thing that can happen now is to lose steam and end dialogue about Planned Parenthood, the work they do, and the adversity they face. If we don’t fight for ourselves, no one else will. And our health is too important to give up the fight on.