Cecile Richards, women's reproductive rights activist and former president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund passed away at the age of 67 after a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive
Planned Parenthood CEO and president, Alexis McGill Johnson, shares how we can find hope and strength in Cecile Richards's legacy in Trump's second term.
The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.
Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.
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.
Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.
She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
Former Glamour Editor in Chief Cindi Leive remembers a two decades long friendship with the titan of the reproductive rights movement Cecile Richards.
Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
“Cecile was a fabulous entertainer and a fabulous ... “Our regrets are about the things we never tried,” Richards once said, “or the times we took ourselves out of the running.”
Cecile Richards, a longtime reproductive rights and feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, her family announced Monday. She was 67. Richards was diagnosed in 2023 with a glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor.
Cecile Richards, a feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling cancer, her family said. Richards was 67. "This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog ...