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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion ...

Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical ...

“Cecile fearlessly led us forward to be the America we say we are. Carrying her mom’s torch for justice, she championed some ...

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

"When I'm tempted to feel that way, I think about Cecile, and I know a lot of people do." Richards herself drew inspiration from the legacy of her mother, the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who was ...