The following is a list of locations just in St. Louis where the Komen foundation funds mammograms and women's health services: Alton Memorial Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers, Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest, Grace Hill Health Centers, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Saint Louis University, SSM St. Clare Health Center, SSM St. Joseph, SSM St. Mary's , St. John's Mercy Hospital - Washington,St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia, IL, Washington University School of Medicine.

Beyond these physical locations, Komen funds about a dozen outreach programs that work to bring low income and minority women to these locations to get their breast cancer screenings, mammograms and treatments.

Nationally, Komen distributed over 93 million dollars this year alone for breast cancer screening.

To say that Komen is "denying" low-income or minority women breast cancer screenings and mammograms is beyond inane.

In closing, I would like to channel the great Colonel Nathan Jessup and say on behalf of Komen that nobody has done more to provide mammograms to low-income and minority women than this organization...and rather than question the manner in which they do it, I'm sure they would rather you just say "thank you" or go off and raise your own 93 million dollars this year alone and distribute it as you see fit.

Two final points. 1) Surprisingly, Planned Parenthood doesn't even do mammograms. 2) Susan Komen is not a government entity. It is a private organization that has raised over 2 BILLION dollars globally to fight breast cancer. It is their prerogative to distribute those funds as they see fit to best advance their cause.

Steven Skelton

St. Louis