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Story. all the best. how about that? how about that? taking your thoughts on it at kelly@foxnews.com. well, we've got major new developments this hour on a big controversy, one of the top leaders of one of the country's biggest breast cancer groups, the susan g. komen foundation -- do you remember this dust-up last week? she just quit in a political fight over funding planned parenthood. this is the woman who they say was behind the decision to defund planned parenthood. all the planned parenthood zeroed in on this woman, karen handle. then comen reversed its decision. handle is now out, and s...

That -- and coercion that occurred by planned parenthood. megyn: were you amazed by the pushback when komen decided to defund planned parenthood? >> absolutely. for komen and i'm speaking for myself since i did resign this morning. i want to clarify that. i resigned because it was clear that all of this hat gotten to a point where it was ratcheted so high, i was too much of a focal point. susan g. komen for the cure is a truly great organization that has done wonderful things. it has made an extraordinary impact in the fight against breast cancer. i thought i had a responsibility to step aside...

Things. but this organization had a right to make what it felt was the best decision for the mission, for the mission. and i think everyone can agree if you have a grant he where there is this kind of controversy, komen was doing its best to move to miew central ground. i was asked to look at options. i looked at it and i did. megyn: it wasn't your idea? you are say? >> i'm saying this is long an issue for komen dealing with the controversies at planned parenthood. megyn: obviously what made a lot of news last week was the pushback by planned parenthood supporters. what did not make as much ne...

Fox news is your election headquarters. keep it here for primary results. for the best context and analysis you can go to foxnews.com/politics/elections. new fallout in the susan g. komen foundation controversy. karen handel has just resigned. this drama started a week ago when susan g. komen decided to cut funding to planned parenthood because that organization was under investigation. it sparked a firestorm and days later it reversed itself. then a high-rankle executive at komen stepped down saying she was dismayed by the flip-flop. karen, let's get to the bottom of this.

He has basically declared war on the catholic church, i think you'll see a very severe reaction to the idea of a radical obama administration imposing secular rules on religion. >> that was newt gingrich on "meet the press "yesterday criticizing the rule requiring religious affiliated organizations to provide coverage for contraception. we talked a lot last week about t komen, and their decision to withdrawal funding to planned parenthood and now reversing that. it seems like this is going to be an issue that is discussed and debated hotly in the next couple of months. >> it's a huge issue, it...