The news of her death was discouraging to the point of despair. And yet, upon further reflection, I realized quickly that Cecile’s life should guide us.

Cecile Richards devoted her life to political activism in the fight for equal rights, most notably the rights of women to reproductive health.

Former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards has died. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2023.

I am heartbroken by the passing of my friend and mentor Cecile Richards,” said HRC President Kelley Robinson. Robinson called Richards “a giant in the fight for freedom — an unwavering advocate for reproductive,

Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is dead at 67. The human rights activist battled brain cancer since 2023.

Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last year.

She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.

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

It was a sticky June day last summer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and lifelong organizer and reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards was in her element. At an abortion storytelling event she had spearheaded in response to Louisiana’s near total abortion ban, she listened to, encouraged, and thanked woman after woman who shared their experiences.

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.