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 ...

Richards, the eldest daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as an activist and political force for women across Texas and the United States. Richards helped reshape ...

Cecile Richards stepped down as head of Planned Parenthood seven years ago, but for many people she has remained the face of the abortion-rights movement. Over a 12-year span, Richards transformed ...

Richards was born in Texas and played a key figure in making Planned Parenthood one of the country's most respected forces in providing health care to women and girls. She was the daughter of Ann ...

Richards, the daughter of the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2023, five years after she left Planned Parenthood. Though ...

The only acceptable answer is: Everything we could." Richards, the eldest daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, led Planned Parenthood for 12 years from 2006 to 2018. She also founded the ...

First, the daughter of Texas Gov. Ann Richards left Planned Parenthood to fight to elect Democratic women with the group Supermajority. Then she founded the storytelling platform Abortion in ...

When asked by the Cut last year why she continued her activism even after such a devastating diagnosis, she quoted her mother, the late Texas Governor Ann Richards: “Why should your life only be ...

The following animations were completed by sophomores at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, to fulfill the project requirement to graduate on a Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP).