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

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

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 ...

Cecile Richards, a lifelong advocate for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 years, has died at the age of 67 after a battle with brain cancer, her family said in a statement Monday ...

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Cecile Richards ... January 20. Richards was a fierce advocate for women’s healthcare and abortion rights in the United States, and Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court justices ...

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

The activist and organizer, who made Planned Parenthood a political powerhouse, was diagnosed with glioblastoma a year and half ago.

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.

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