Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards is an American activist and has been the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since 2006. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth15 July 1957
CityWaco, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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So why are we having to fight in 2012 against politicians who want to end access to birth control? It's like we woke up in a bad episode of 'Mad Men.
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In many communities, Wal-Mart is the only pharmacy, so timely access is critical.
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Planned Parenthood will fight these attacks in courts, in the state houses, at the ballot boxes to ensure that women with their doctors and families continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference.
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Health-care decisions should be made by women, with their doctors and families -- not politicians. Lawmakers should stop playing politics with women's health and lives.
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Expanding access to contraception is the best way to prevent unintended pregnancies, and Planned Parenthood continues to work with pharmacies throughout the country to improve access. Women should never have to worry about being denied contraception, which is basic healthcare for many American women.
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It's better to be a corporation today than to be a woman in front of the Supreme Court.
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This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.
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No mother in the world wants her daughter to have fewer rights than she did.
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I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.
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President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.
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The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure and teenage girls are paying the real price.
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Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.
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Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition!
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And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.