image A senior executive with pro-life views has stepped down in the wake of a funding frenzy with Planned Parenthood, a key US breast cancer foundation said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure said it had accepted the resignation of Karen Handel, its senior vice president for policy since April 2011 and a one-time Republican candidate for governor of Georgia.

“I have known Karen for many years, and we both share a common commitment to our organization’s …