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.
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,
Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and a staunch advocate for reproductive rights, died Monday, according to a statement from her family. Since 2023, she battled glioblastoma, a form of terminal brain cancer. She was 67.
Cecile Richards, a leading figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights and other progressive causes, died on Monday at age 67.
during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. Steven Senne / AP Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and ...
On Monday — the same day as Trump's second inauguration — Hillary Clinton praised Richards' life and work. "America has had few greater advocates for women and reproductive health than Cecile ...
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access
President Joe Biden, center, Vice President Kamala Harris, right, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, at the 60th inaugural ceremonies on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (photo: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post / Getty )
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Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom, has died, her family said Monday in a statement.
As we mourn the loss of activist, organizer, and former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I offer words of wisdom she shared with me in our interviews over the years.