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.

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

Planned Parenthood hosts a protest at the Arizona State Capitol in anticipation of bans to healthcare and reproductive rights by Donald Trump.

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

Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67. According to a family statement, Richards died Monday at

Richards was a Waco native and the daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards. She was also Beto O'Rourke's national finance chair during his run for governor.

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

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White

Supporters of reproductive rights gather in Phoenix to protest potential restrictions on health care and reproductive freedoms under Donald Trump.