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(CNSNews.com) -- The pro-life record of Wyoming's two Republican U.S. senators is being questioned following their strong support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation's "Race for the Cure" in their home state.

Senators Craig Thomas and Mike Enzi routinely vote on the side of pro-life causes, but their alliance with the Komen Foundation's Wyoming affiliate exists despite the fact that Komen hands part of the money it raises over to local chapters of the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Planned Parenthood clinics provide breast cancer screening and education, but the organization is the nation's top abortion provider.

Both senators' conservative credentials are reflected in the ratings they receive from such organizations as the conservative National Right to Life Committee, which awards Enzi and Thomas top ratings of 100, and the liberal Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which gives them both the lowest possible score of 0.

While Enzi has been a long and vocal supporter of breast cancer research and the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Thomas' ties with that organization run even deeper since his wife, Susan, was a co-founder of the Komen Wyoming Race for the Cure in 1996 and has been involved with the annual event ever since.

According to its website, the Komen Foundation works "through a network of U.S. and international affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure ... to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world."

One of the foundation's more than 100 affiliates is its Wyoming chapter, which was established in 1996.

"Wyoming has a long tradition of neighbor helping neighbor, and the Komen Wyoming Race for the Cure is no exception," the affiliate's website states. "Donations granted on behalf of the organization fund breast cancer awareness, education and detection programs.

"Seventy-five percent of net proceeds raised stay in Wyoming," the statement adds, then notes that in 2004, "the organization granted over $230,000 throughout the state of Wyoming to fight this disease."

A search of the Komen Foundation site shows that the Wyoming affiliate made 40 grants from 2000 to 2004, including funding for breast cancer screening and education to Planned Parenthood of Wyoming in 2000 and 2002, as well as Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in 2003.

'I don't know anything about that'

When asked by Cybercast News Service about grants that the Komen Foundation's Wyoming affiliate awarded to the local Planned Parenthood chapters, Thomas replied: "That's not the case."

After being told that the Komen Foundation's own website showed the awarding of such grants, Thomas amended his reply. "I don't know anything about that," he said.

An e-mail containing links to the grants to Planned Parenthood was sent to Coy Knobel, Enzi's press secretary.

"I see the information you have provided," Knobel replied via e-mail, "and the Enzis' response is that the Komen Foundation and Race for the Cure have saved thousands of lives, both men and women. It's important to look at the good that the organization has done and is doing.

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