The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.

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Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.

She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and an outspoken advocate for abortion and women's rights, has passed away.

Fellow movement leaders remember Richards for her humor, passion, and grit. In her final interview from November, Richards instructed everyone to order abortion pills and said she believes, “We can get back to a better place.

Planned Parenthood CEO and president, Alexis McGill Johnson, shares how we can find hope and strength in Cecile Richards's legacy in Trump's second term.

Ann Richards, had glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. By The Associated Press Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67. Richards died ...

I’ve known Cecile for years through our work in the reproductive rights space. Today, I remember my friend as a fierce and loving advocate for change.

Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for abortion rights who served as president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, died on Monday. She was 67. Richards was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, in 2023. She died at home, "surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie," Richards’ family said in a statement.

The pro-abortion movement deploys language that dehumanizes the unborn, minimizing the harsh reality of abortion. Thus, the preborn babies are referred to as just a…. – “fetus” ---yet this is just Latin for unborn child.