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Article Date: 16 Dec 2011 - 7:00 PST
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Some pink Bibles, which were for sale in retail outlets since October 2011, have been recalled because it was discovered that part of their sales money went towards breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood, a US family planning organization which also provides abortions. The Southern Baptist Convention's publishing arm says it is recalling the Bibles.
Commentators say the move will have no impact on abortions figures, but will hurt lower-income women who would have received free breast cancer screenings.
LifeWay Christian Resources, a seller of Christian publications and part of The Southern Baptist Convention, has stopped selling the pink Bibles. The pink-bound books are of the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
Part of the sales of these Bibles went to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity, which said all those donations were going towards breast cancer screening. The Komen Foundation says it is disappointed with the recall.
Apparently, LifeWay received "about three dozen complaints" that Komen affiliates were sponsoring mammographies at Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood offers abortions as part of its family planning services.
Many products and symbols are colored pink as a gesture of breast cancer awareness, such as pink shoes, mouse pads, ribbons, etc. There used to be a pink Holman Christian Standard Bible for sale; that is, until last Wednesday.
The Pink Bible that has been recalled (Photo: The Tennessean)
LifeWay Christian Resources is pulling the bibles because the Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, which benefits from the pink Bibles' sales, has some links to Planned Parenthood. Thomas Rainer, president of LifeWay, said:
"Though we have assurances that Komen's funds are used only for breast cancer screening and awareness, it is not in keeping with LifeWay's core values to have even an indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood."
The Komen Foundation said all the bible money was going towards breast cancer programs only. The Foundation expressed "disappointment" at LifeWay's move. Apparently, LifeWay had pledged $25,000.
LifeWay says the Bibles will be rebound and re-used. Some blogs, such as Bound4Life and LifeNews, had accused the Komen Foundation of donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood.
The Komen Foundation has emphasized that the money which went to Planned Parenthood was exclusively for breast cancer screenings and achieved 139,000 breast exams as well as over 5,000 mammograms. 177 cases of breast cancer were identified.
Opinions on this move are divided. While some say Bible sales cannot be linked to abortions, others emphasize that the only result from this move will be fewer breast cancer screenings for lower income females, resulting in more cases of breast cancer developing undetected, and more suffering for women - it will have absolutely no impact on abortion rates.
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posted by ramo on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:28 am
As a Christian I feel that doing good cannot be linked with such politically and emotionally charged actions. If we were to ensure that none of our money reached pro-choice groups we may as well do business only within churches. Helping breast cancer awareness and treatments is something on which we should not just cooperate but actively recruit every organization- of no faith or other faiths or of secular values- to accomplish.
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posted by lou on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:39 am
The concept that "poor" will not receive breast screening without planned parenthood is an absolute lie. Any "poor" woman can get medicaid or be seen at any major hospital in th US and cannot be turned away if they have a real problem. Planned Parenthood uses this money as a slush fund that ultimately subsidizes their abortion mill. The Koman fund has TOO MUCH MONEY to the point that they give funds to organizations that subsidize abortion. We are reaching the point where breast cancer funding employs more people than it cures. Pink is a color and no organization owns it. Enough is enough
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posted by John on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:44 am
Lifeway is clearly an agent of Satan and has no interest in understanding God. This is another example that proves religion is the root of all evil. What a disgusting group of people. You will be judged and you will be doomed to hell.
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posted by Brent on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:50 am
...here's yet another example of christians harming society in order to advance a backward way of thinking. Why someone would want to deny a woman the opportunity to be checked for breast cancer simply because she went to a place that provide an abortion is incomprehensible to me. One would think that a true christian would want to help those in need regardless of the location.
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posted by Jack on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:51 am
I am so sick and tired of these conservative right winged whack jobs: get over it! Abortion is not murder, it is legal and nothing wrong with it!
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posted by Alex Meyer on 16 Dec 2011 at 7:55 am
Facts don't matter to these people. The only thing that matters is their backwards lifestyle. They don't care who suffers from their actions, be it underprivileged people or their own children.
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posted by Shannon on 16 Dec 2011 at 8:02 am
As someone who just this month lost their mother to breast cancer, I find it appalling that a Christian organization would withdraw support of a horrible disease because of where the test could be performed. Susan G Komen is one of the leading charity organizations for breast cancer. Will the publisher destroy the bibles, wasting a valuable resource in the process as well?
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posted by Mark on 16 Dec 2011 at 8:03 am
I also want to add that this author has no clue on economics and business finance. When Planned Parenthood receives money to do breast cancer screens, the money might be set aside specifically for that test. But, using the Komen money for breast cancer screens results in a freeing of money to be used elsewhere (primarily on abortions) at Planned Parenthood. To say the money from these bibles wasn't funding abortions is ludicrous and ill-informed.
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posted by Joe on 16 Dec 2011 at 8:13 am
I agree with the move, but they now need to find away to fund low cost or free screening to fill in the gap.
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posted by John on 16 Dec 2011 at 8:44 am
God doesn't exist so get real with your right wing conservatism. The real enemy to places like LifeWay is they might have to dig in their pocket to help someone that is not like them. If it went to help poor white Christians jump in wholeheartedly. If it goes to help a person on no or another religion they will try to convert you. Also if your not of the white race, too bad. Suffer and die from breast cancer if your poor.
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