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,
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access
Cecile Richards, an activist and former president ... In the run-up to the 2016 election, Ms. Richards supported Hillary Clinton. If Clinton won, Ms. Richards had been expected to step down ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday of an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67. Mika Brzezinski remembers Richards. Reproductive rights advocate Amanda Zura