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, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
The former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong champion of women’s rights passed away Monday from brain cancer.
Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for women’s rights and Planned Parenthood leader, died of brain cancer at 67, her family said.
Ann Richards, speaks during the Democratic National ... during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven ...
FILE - Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's president, addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. Jan. 10, 2016, during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ... Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was ...
FILE - Cecile Richards ... Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) FILE - Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Gov ...
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.
A former Planned Parenthood president and staunch women's rights advocate Cecile Richards has died at the age of 67.
Cecile Richards, an influential figure in the women’s rights movement and former head of Planned Parenthood, died of brain cancer at the age of 67.
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.
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights, and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access.