reporter: while planned parenthood leaders are hopeful future komen grants will be approved, jeannie monaghan with family research council wants the opposite. >> this was a pretty significant victory this week in the sense of an organization that doesn't want to be formally partnered with the nation's largest abortion provider of. reporter: pressure on komen came also from capitol hill. several representatives spoke out and made statements and a number of senators signed a letter asking komen to reverse its course. >> it was brought upon themselves and i think they tried to correct it. unfortunately it's going to be some time before this wound heals as they politicized something that never should have been. reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> komen's apology does say they will continue to fund the existing grants to planned parenthood and will consider future applications. however, no word on whether or not it will approve those applications. >>> new information tonight on an alleged sex assault inside a southeast d.c. elementary school. d.c. public school officials now say a number of securi

reporter: while planned parenthood leaders are hopeful future komen grants will be approved, jeannie monaghan with family research council wants the opposite. >> this was a pretty significant victory this week in the sense of an organization that doesn't want to be foreignally partnered with the nation's largest -- formally partnered with the nation's largest abortion provider. reporter: pressure also came from capitol hill. several representatives spoke out, made statements and a number of senators signed a letter asking komen to reverse its course. >> it was found they brought upon themselves and i think they've tried to correct it. unfortunately, it's going to be some time before this wound heals. they politicized something that never should have been. >> komen's apology statement says they will continue to fund existing grants to planned parenthood and will consider future applications, but only time will tell if komen does or does not approve any more grants to planned parenthood. >> have to keep our eye on it. >> sounds like they managed to make everybody upset before it was over. >>> t

reporter: jeannie monaghan with the anti-abortion organization the family research council hopes komen and planned parenthood go their separate ways. >> this was a pretty significant victory this week in the sense of an organization that doesn't want to be formally partnered with the nation's largest abortion provider. reporter: dr. meyers says she hopes politics has been put aside and the grants continue. >> we know the move in congress was a politically motivate one and actually this funding from komen had absolutely nothing to do with abortions. it had to do with early screening for breast cancer. >> now nancy brinker says she wants komen to reflect on how grants can most effectively be administered without all the controversies. we do want to apologize. we had some wrong video there who was not nancy brinker. we'll have more on it at 6:00 including the new board member, senior vice president for public policy, who has created some controversy herself on that board. we'll have that at 6:00. >> again this is such an organization that was never really considered political and now ther