Pressure’s nothing new

 Abortion opponents have been putting pressure on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation for years.

 Each year, the foundation’s local affiliates sponsor more than 100 fundraising runs and walks around the country. In the weeks leading up to those events, some affiliates receive calls from anti-abortion groups threatening to boycott the events and to stop frequenting the businesses that sponsor them, said John Hammarley, a former senior communications adviser at Komen who was laid off last year during a reorganization.

 Part of Hammarley’s job was helping local affiliates deal with the flare-ups.

 “The issue of Komen’s involvement with Planned Parenthood was the single ongoing issue that caused some controversy,” he said. “It was an irritation: How many calls have we gotten this month? How many people are upset?”

Los Angeles Times