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Quotes About Komen

Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.
~ Karen Handel
My time at Komen has been well publicized and scrutinized, especially my departure over the funding of Planned Parenthood.
~ Karen Handel
For Komen, for myself, the mission was always foremost in everyone's mind. The mission and the women that we serve. The only group that made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood.
~ Karen Handel
No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants.
~ Karen Handel
A small part of my job at Komen included advocating that mammogram screenings be covered under plans available on the exchanges - just as they are covered in other plans in Georgia.
~ Karen Handel
It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened.
~ Karen Handel