Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.
Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.
She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
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What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice organizations.
Women's rights activist and former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, 67, died at her home surrounded by family and her dog Ollie on Monday morning, her family announced.
Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
Cecile Richards, the former head of Planned Parenthood and founder of the women’s political action group Supermajority, died at age 67 of brain cancer. In a press release about her passing, Planned Parenthood chronicled her career,
From former President Barack Obama to pro-life leaders like Lila Rose, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have reacted to the death of Cecile Richards, with many offering prayers for the
Cecile Richards devoted her life to political activism in the fight for equal rights, most notably the rights of women to reproductive health.