After losing he bid for Georgia Governor in 2010, Republican Karen Handel went to work as the senior vice president for public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure – the largest and best-funded breast cancer charity in the United States.
But her tenure there ended embroiled in controversy after she the organization’s financial ties with Planned Parenthood – which provides health care screenings to women, as well as other services. The group later reversed the decision and Handel resigned. In 2014 she wrote a book titled “Planned Bullyhood” about her experience. After that, she became a martyr in some pro-life circles – but not everyone saw it that way.
Now Ossoff is using Handel’s incident with Planned Parenthood to further his argument that Handel’s political ambitions are to serve her own agenda, and not that of Georgians.
“I survived breast cancer because it was caught early,” one woman says. Another jumps in; “If it wasn’t for that early detection, I don’t know what would have happened to me.” The other women each take their turns sharing similar sentiment.
“That’s what the cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood are so important,” another woman adds. “They save people like me.”
“When Karen Handel was an executive at Susan G. Komen, she cut off funding for Planned Parenthood cancer screenings,” one woman ads. Another chimes in: “She jeopardized cancer screening for thousands of women.”
“If Karen Handel didn’t want to fund Planned Parenthood, she didn’t have to take the job at Susan G. Komen,” one woman ends. “She’s putting her agenda first.”
In the meantime, the race has become the most expensive House race in American history – and in the next two weeks, between the candidates and the outside groups supporting them, they’re only going to run up the score.
But her tenure there ended embroiled in controversy after she the organization’s financial ties with Planned Parenthood – which provides health care screenings to women, as well as other services. The group later reversed the decision and Handel resigned. In 2014 she wrote a book titled “Planned Bullyhood” about her experience. After that, she became a martyr in some pro-life circles – but not everyone saw it that way.
Now Ossoff is using Handel’s incident with Planned Parenthood to further his argument that Handel’s political ambitions are to serve her own agenda, and not that of Georgians.
'Wrong for the Job'
Jon Ossoff’s latest ad, “Agenda” features four women who are all breast cancer survivors. Each of the women explains how important Planned Parenthood’s cancer screening is.“I survived breast cancer because it was caught early,” one woman says. Another jumps in; “If it wasn’t for that early detection, I don’t know what would have happened to me.” The other women each take their turns sharing similar sentiment.
“That’s what the cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood are so important,” another woman adds. “They save people like me.”
“When Karen Handel was an executive at Susan G. Komen, she cut off funding for Planned Parenthood cancer screenings,” one woman ads. Another chimes in: “She jeopardized cancer screening for thousands of women.”
“If Karen Handel didn’t want to fund Planned Parenthood, she didn’t have to take the job at Susan G. Komen,” one woman ends. “She’s putting her agenda first.”
Special Election for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Is Becoming A Nail-Biter
Election Day in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Special Election is just two weeks away; the polls are tightening up. Only a week ago, Ossoff was almost seven points ahead of Handel, but the latest poll released last Thursday by WSB-TV/Landmark Communications suggested the race is much tighter: with 49.1 percent of voters preferring Ossoff, and 49.6 percent backing Handel.In the meantime, the race has become the most expensive House race in American history – and in the next two weeks, between the candidates and the outside groups supporting them, they’re only going to run up the score.