It turned out there was a good reason. FBI Director James Comey had just sent his infamous letter to Congress reopening the official investigation into Hillary’s emails, throwing the election into turmoil in the home stretch. Hillary and her top advisers were huddling on the plane, trying to figure out how to weather this one last blow.

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.

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.

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.