After decades of fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade, organizers are seeking to focus on the multiple state-by-state battles ...

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

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 ...

I am heartbroken by the passing of my friend and mentor Cecile Richards,” said HRC President Kelley Robinson. Robinson called ...

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most ...

Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the ...

What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice ...

Richards was diagnosed two years ago with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She died in her home “surrounded ...

The news of her death was discouraging to the point of despair. And yet, upon further reflection, I realized quickly that ...

A former Planned Parenthood president and staunch women's rights advocate Cecile Richards has died at the age of 67.