@#$% You, Tom Coburn!

[xerox78]

Fran Visco: Coburn to Breast Cancer Community: Drop Dead

Breast cancer is a political issue. And women with breast cancer and all who care about the issue have become politically active. Why? Because we do not know how to prevent breast cancer, how to detect it truly early, or how to cure it. And the federal government has a huge role to play in getting those answers. Many people would be surprised that we know so little, given the proliferation of pink ribbons and "awareness." Yet, all women are at risk of getting breast cancer and their risk increases with age. Many believe there are environmental causes of the disease. But little funding is put toward that issue.

So we political activists turned to Congress and told them what they needed to do. And what is Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) message to us, to you, to America's women, to the 3 million women in the U.S. living with breast cancer, and the families of the 40,000 women who died this year from breast cancer?

Tough luck. As his staff put it, "We are already spending enough money on breast cancer."

Senator Coburn has singlehandedly decided that breast cancer and women's health just isn't a priority. His hold on The Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act (S. 757) means that Congress will leave town for October recess without passing this crucial legislation. The American people overwhelmingly support breast cancer research. With 66 Senate co-sponsors and 99 Senators agreeing to pass the bipartisan bill by unanimous consent, Senator Tom Coburn is the only reason this bill has not passed the Senate.

Hey Coburn, I thought you said that "all life is sacred"! I guess for some people life is only sacred when it comes to taking away a woman's right to choose or denying women birth control or the morning-after pill. I bet you don't think that anyone is "spending enough money" on getting abortion or Plan B banned or that stupid war!

Comments

[poetic-pixie-13.livejournal.com]

That's just all kinds of fucked up. Really, he never has worry about things like getting breast cancer or having to deal with raising a child all by himself. So it can't be that important then can it?

[xerox78.livejournal.com]

And the funny thing is, it actually is possible for men to get breast cancer, although rare. Richard Roundtree (aka Shaft) is a male breast cancer survivor.