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Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood funding flap

Karen Handel speaks to reporters in Roswell, Ga.

Photo credit: AP | Karen Handel speaks to reporters in Roswell, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2010)

The vice president of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who backed the breast cancer charity's move to strip Planned Parenthood of funding resigned Tuesday, saying the now-abandoned decision "has unfortunately been turned into something about politics."

Karen Handel supported a decision Komen announced last week to exclude Planned Parenthood, which provides a range of women's health...

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