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.

She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

It turned out there was a good reason. FBI Director James Comey had just sent his infamous letter to Congress reopening the ...

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

Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has ...

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

Richards was a Waco native and the daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards. She was also Beto O'Rourke's national finance ...

former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, also a political activist. "Cecile fearlessly led us forward to be the America we say we are, ...

Cecile Richards, longtime head of Planned Parenthood and advocate for Democratic values, died Monday at age 67. Richards ...

Former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards has died. She was diagnosed ...