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.
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, who steered Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018. She repeatedly defended the ...
Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.
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Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.
Richards was best known for her work leading Planned Parenthood through a particularly challenging time which included threats to its funding and the first election of Donald Trump to the presidency. At the Women's March in Washington the day after Trump's ...
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Abortion procedures across the state also appear to be growing. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that around 4,080 abortions took place in Utah during 2023. The state of Utah reported similar numbers in 1990, with abortions falling from 2010 to a low of 2,244 in 2020, sharply spiking to current figures.