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 Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.

Cecile Richards, the former head of Planned Parenthood and founder of the women’s political action group Supermajority, died at age 67 of brain cancer. In a press release about her passing, Planned Parenthood chronicled her career,

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

Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and a staunch advocate for reproductive rights, died Monday, according to a statement from her family. Since 2023, she battled glioblastoma, a form of terminal brain cancer. She was 67.

during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) CONCORD, N.H. — Cecile Richards, a national ...

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday of an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67. Mika Brzezinski remembers Richards. Reproductive rights advocate Amanda Zura

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

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 Monday in a statement.

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.

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.

Cecile Richards, an influential figure in the women’s rights movement and former head of Planned Parenthood, died of brain cancer at the age of 67.