Today, the House will vote on the Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 2722), introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) 8%.  The bill would require the U.S. Treasury to mint coins that would funnel up to $4.75 million to Dallas-based Susan G. Komen — an organization that notoriously funds abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

The Heritage Foundation previously observed the commemorative coin process “has all the marks of an earmark.” In 2012, Heritage Action explained the coins served as a “creative workaround that allows funds to flow to those prized pet projects.” Commemorative coins are problematic but the recipients are usually sympathetic or wholesome. But as two-time breast-cancer survivor Eve Sanchez Silver told the National Catholic Register last fall:

“Here was a breast-health organization [Susan G. Komen] — a very life-affirming organization, from my perspective — funding an organization [Planned Parenthood] that essentially kills people. I couldn’t understand why they thought that was okay.”

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Read the article “House Votes Today on $4.75 Million Commemorative Coin Earmark for Susan G. Komen, Funder of Planned Parenthood” on heritageaction.com.