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 ...

Cecile Richards, a feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling cancer, her family said. Richards was 67. "This morning our beloved Cecile passed away ...

A lifelong advocate for women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most influential defenders of abortion access in recent decades.

Abortion rights advocates and lawmakers will meet in Austin this weekend to strategize how to amplify personal stories of ...

This story has been updated with new information. Cecile Richards, daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards and a national champion for abortion rights, died Monday surrounded by her family ...

Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

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 ...

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and an outspoken advocate for abortion and women's rights, has passed away.

On Monday, January 20, 2025, the family of Cecile Richards—president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 2006 to 2018—announced that she had died. Richards, who was diagnosed ...

Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women's rights and other progressive causes, died Monday. In a statement, her family confirmed her death, saying she passed away at home, "surrounded by ...