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.

She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018. Cecile Richards in 2018. During her tenure at Planned Parenthood the organization ...

She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access

The longtime advocate for women’s rights died at age 67 Gary Gershoff/Getty Cecile Richards ... in as 47th President of the United States. The statement from Richards' family continued with ...

Cecile Richards ... 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 ...

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From former President Barack Obama to pro-life leaders like Lila Rose, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have reacted to the death of Cecile Richards, with many offering prayers for the

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell remembers the legacy of Cecile Richards, longtime president of Planned Parenthood and frequent guest of The Last Word who dedicated her life to fighting to protect women’s rights.

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.

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