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

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most ...

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

Cecile Richards devoted her life to political activism in the fight for equal rights, most notably the rights of women to ...

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

Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other ...

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

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

I am heartbroken by the passing of my friend and mentor Cecile Richards,” said HRC President Kelley Robinson. Robinson called ...

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

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

Cecile Richards, a longtime reproductive rights and feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, ...