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Komen Race for the Cure draws over 20,000 participants

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    22nd annual event fills the streets of Philadelphia

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Tens of thousands of people spent their Sunday on the parkway taking part in the Susan G.

Komen race for the cure.

All I had chemo radiation all that was very very hard -- they would -- and I'm here for this.

Where and -- I had sent.

As race participants -- 22 and parkway a small group of protesters hold up signs heckling them haven't.

Gotten angry and I have.

A reminder that the money raised for the race continues to go to Planned Parenthood where one of the services provided are abortions.

He's donated dollars should be going strictly to breast cancer awareness and breast cancer.

Treatment and research.

The komen foundation was at the center of a political firestorm in February when it announced it was pulling funding for mammograms that Planned Parenthood -- later changed its stance.

As a result Coleman's local CEO admits they are seeing a minor impact in this -- -- won't.

The numbers have been seeking you know to build.

I'm not angry or mad at home and not minding your commander or have an advantage and -- parenthood I'm I'm angry -- at breast cancer.

The politics don't matter to Christian walker after losing his mother Julie to cancer nearly two years ago but for eight year survivor -- Kennedy.

Funding is crucial to helping those less fortunate get there early detection in the yeah.

Let me let me yeah.

Her when we don't Collins -- how -- -- and the Marty Fleming fox 29 news.

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