Cecile Richards Quotes

American feminist and abortion rights activist (1957-2025)

Cecile Richards (July 15, 1957 – January 20, 2025) was an American activist who served as the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund from 2006 to 2018. In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees. In spring 2019, Richards co-founded Supermajority, a women's political action group. Richards is the daughter of former Governor of Texas Ann Richards.

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Support for abortion rights and legal abortion has actually increased over the years. And women have continued to access abortion services at pretty much the same rate.

There is a reason that "roe v. wade" is the number one search on google today — American’s are waking up in disbelief and trying to understand how #SCOTUS is planning to eviscerate access to safe and legal abortion