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

Texas native Cecile Richards was the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards and lawyer David Richards. She was a graduate of the prestigious Brown University and as a teen, she laid down ...

Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is dead at 67. The human rights activist battled brain cancer since 2023.

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

Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last year.

Ann Richards of Texas and her daughter, Lily Adams, served as a political appointee in former President Joe Biden’s ...

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

Politics and public service were in Cecile’s DNA as the daughter of the indomitable Ann Richards – and Cecile will be ...

This story has been updated with new information. Cecile Richards, daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards and a national champion for abortion rights, died Monday surrounded by her family ...

"When I'm tempted to feel that way, I think about Cecile, and I know a lot of people do." Richards herself drew inspiration from the legacy of her mother, the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who was ...