After three days of uproar from women around the country, outrage magnified across social media outlets, the rift between Komen and Planned Parenthood has subsided.

Planned Parenthood has New Hampshire locations in Exeter, Derry, Keene, and Manchester, among other communities.

Today Komen CEO Nancy G. Brinker issued a reversal and an apology, after word it was pulling its financial support from Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings created intense backlash.

"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives," wrote Nancy G. Brinker, Komen founder and CEO.

"The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen.  We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood.  They were not," wrote Brinker, in the statement released to the public and posted on the charity's website.

A swift counter-response was issued by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.

“In recent weeks, the treasured relationship between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood has been challenged, and we are now heartened that we can continue to work in partnership toward our shared commitment to breast health for the most underserved women,” Richards said in a prepared statement. “We are enormously grateful that the Komen Foundation has clarified its grantmaking criteria, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with Komen partners, leaders and volunteers."

Shortly after the news broke on Tuesday of the split between the two women's health organizations, public outcry across social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, largely sided with Planned Parenthood, and took Komen to task for what many viewed as bowing to political pressure over abortion funding.

Funding practices of Planned Parenthood, a provider of abortion, are being scrutinized after a Republican congressman questioned whether such services were paid for with public money.

Komen made the decision in December to discontinue funding Planned Parenthood in light of the investigation, a decision that became public knowledge earlier this week and launched a firestorm of protest directed mainly at Komen.

Although Komen maintained initially that funding any organization under investigation was a violation of Komen's corporate policies, a Feb. 2 story released by Mother Jones magazine pointed to $7.5 million in research funding Komen authorized for the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, which is affiliated with Penn State University. That institution is currently embroiled in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.

Today U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, released a statement following Komen's announcement of its reversal on funding Planned Parenthood breast cancer screenings. 

“This is a major win for the thousands of women nationwide who rely on Planned Parenthood for critical breast cancer screenings and a tribute to all who raised their voices in reaction to Komen’s initial decision.   By reversing its decision, the organization showed clearly that it has women’s best interests at heart and I applaud it for doing so," wrote Shaheen.

“In this situation, popular dissent trumped partisan politics, but we must remain vigilant in our efforts to protect women’s health care from extremist attacks.   We must make clear that women’s health care is too important to be politicized.”

In closing, Brinker's statement called for women to regroup and refocus on women's health issues.

"It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to pause, slow down and reflect on how grants can most effectively and directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of women.  We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the country over the last few days to help us move past this issue.  We do not want our mission marred or affected by politics – anyone’s politics," Brinker wrote.