What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice organizations.
Richards was a Waco native and the daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards. She was also Beto O'Rourke's national finance chair during his run for governor.
Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.
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, 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.
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 died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access
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.
Trump pardoned around 1,500 defendants, including six officers from the Seattle Police Department who formed the largest known cop contingent at the January 6 Capitol riot. With a stroke of his pen, Trump erased all consequences for his supporters,
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White