Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.
A former Planned Parenthood president and staunch women's rights advocate Cecile Richards has died at the age of 67.
As we mourn the loss of activist, organizer, and former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I offer words of wisdom she shared with me in our interviews over the years.
The former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong champion of women’s rights passed away Monday from brain cancer.
Cecile Richards, who helmed Planned Parenthood for 12 years, died on January 20. Learn about her cause of death and more info below.
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 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, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday of an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67. Mika Brzezinski remembers Richards. Reproductive rights advocate Amanda Zura
Cecile Richards, a leading figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights and other progressive causes, died on Monday at age 67.
Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and a staunch advocate for reproductive rights, died Monday, according to a statement from her family. Since 2023, she battled glioblastoma, a form of terminal brain cancer. She was 67.
What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice organizations.
Cecile Richards, an activist and former president of Planned Parenthood who led the organization for more than a decade through a time of intense controversy, died Monday, her family said in a statement.