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 died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.
Citing a “financial shortfall,” Planned Parenthood of Illinois announced Wednesday – on the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade – that it will be closing four clinics across the state, including one on Chicago’s South Side.
Planned Parenthood hosts a protest at the Arizona State Capitol in anticipation of bans to healthcare and reproductive rights by Donald Trump.
Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access
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.
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
Citing a “financial shortfall,” Planned Parenthood of Illinois announced Wednesday – on the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade – that it will be closing four clinics across the state, including one on Chicago’s South Side.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Friday announced nearly $5 billion in grants for over 560 projects in all 50 states.