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Old 02-03-2012, 10:26 AM   #5
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
Oh, and in the paper this morning, I saw that donations to Planned Parenthood were up and had mostly covered the shortage already. And that the leader of Komen claims that donations for Komen are up too. So maybe there is no such thing as bad publicity.
The pro-life base can be very passionate about their views and I'm sure they are much more willing to support Komen because of this.

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
Also, it is being reported on TV right now that Komen is reversing the decision,
and will re-instate funding to PP.

This is a very good tactical and strategic management decision.
Yes and no. They saw a very strong increase in donations since they decided to cut funding to PP. On the other hand, they completely polarized their potential donators. Depends on which way you look at it.
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