As a breast cancer survivor and a Catholic, Jacqueline Lambiase, a member of the Frogs For the Cure steering committee, was taken aback when she first heard the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s initial plans to cut ties with Planned Parenthood.

Last week, the Komen foundation announced its plans to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood because it was under an investigation launched by a Florida congressman. After widespread public outcry, Komen reversed its decision, claiming the action was not political, and that they were still dedicated to women’s health.

Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker said in a statement Friday, “We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That

“I understand people’s aversion to abortion, but Planned Parenthood isn’t just that,” Lambiase said. “They are mostly a place where women seek health services, and they deserve funding for all types of cancer screenings.”

Despite her unhappiness with the Komen foundation’s recent actions, Lambiase said her support for the university’s Frogs For the Cure was unchanged. Now that Komen reversed its decision, she was “relieved” she did not have to make any “difficult decisions” regarding her support.

Lambiase said she thought many people would still want to support Frogs For the Cure.

However, sophomore writing and anthropology double major Rebecca Royal said she was not totally convinced that Komen’s actions were not political, and she was hesitant to support Frogs For The Cure.

“I don’t want to support something that’s going to be political like that, especially when I have such strong opinions about the good that Planned Parenthood does,” Royal said.

Ann Louden, Frogs for the Cure committee chair and TCU Chancellor’s Associate for External Relations, wrote in an email that Frogs For the Cure was about fighting breast cancer and nothing else.

“We are fighting cancer as a community. It’s not political. TCU Frogs for the Cure partners with Komen in the fight against breast cancer because they are the best organization to deliver help and support to hundreds of women and men who every single day are faced with this horrible disease,” Louden’s office wrote in an email Monday.

Sophomore neuroscience major Danielle Clark was relieved Komen reversed its decision and said it would be “debatable” whether she would financially support Frogs for the Cure or the Komen foundation had the original decision been upheld.

Sophomore nursing major Ariana Vitarelli said that although she disagreed with abortion, she felt Planned Parenthood is overall a “good thing for the community” especially because it provided women’s health services and contraceptives to low-income women.

Abortions account for only three percent of Planned Parenthood’s services, according to a Washington Post article published Friday.

Last year, the Komen foundation granted $680,000 to Planned Parenthood for breast screenings, according to a Jan. 31 Associated Press report.

Lambiase said even with ample education, resources and insurance, breast cancer was difficult to overcome. She said she could not imagine how hard it would be for those who had fewer resources.

“For women who don’t know how they’re going to make rent, much less fight breast cancer, Planned Parenthood and other good organizations are there for them,” Lambiase said. “Let’s not cut that supply off.”

Since Komen’s original announcement, Planned Parenthood experienced a surge of financial support, receiving $3 million in donations between Tuesday evening and Friday afternoon, the Associated Press reported. The organization said the funds would be used to expand its breast health services, which now provide nearly 750,000 breast exams each year.

Planned Parenthood patients in the greater Fort Worth region would continue to receive mammograms through a referral program with other Komen grant recipients so that no gaps in assistance occurred, Liz Heck, marketing director for Susan G. Komen of the Fort Worth region, wrote in an email.

Ultimately, Lambiase said, the issue is about breast cancer, not abortion.

“Any single-issue things that hijack the broader discussion of women’s health are not helpful to the broader community,” she said.