The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.

It turned out there was a good reason. FBI Director James Comey had just sent his infamous letter to Congress reopening the official investigation into Hillary’s emails, throwing the election into turmoil in the home stretch. Hillary and her top advisers were huddling on the plane, trying to figure out how to weather this one last blow.

Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.

Longtime Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies after battle with brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

Fellow movement leaders remember Richards for her humor, passion, and grit. In her final interview from November, Richards instructed everyone to order abortion pills and said she believes, “We can get back to a better place.

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 feminist activist and former ... A longstanding champion of women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most prominent advocates for abortion access in recent decades, who steered Planned ...

After college, she worked as an organizer for low-wage workers in several states ... Cecile Richards, daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards and President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, greets abortion rights advocates as they leave the State ...

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.

Cecile Richards, a prominent feminist activist and a former ... Wade in 2022, removing abortion from its status as a constitutionally protected right in the United States, Richards wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times: “If I have one regret from ...

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.

Over 1,500 individuals have faced charges connected to the Capitol riot, including dozens of leaders, members and associates of the far-right Proud Boys group.