She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
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.
Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died on Monday morning at the age of 67 after succumbing to an aggressive form of brain cancer. A statement from the family of Richards, who led the pro-abortion organization between 2006 and 2018,
Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
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.
Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is dead at 67. The human rights activist battled brain cancer since 2023.
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access
Women's rights activist and former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, 67, died at her home surrounded by family and her dog Ollie on Monday morning, her family announced.
Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.
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.