- Born
- Died
- Cecile Richards was born on July 15, 1957 in Waco, Texas, USA. She is known for The Oscars (2018), PBS News Hour (1975) and Love in the Sixties (2014). She was married to Kirk Adams. She died on January 20, 2025 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseKirk Adams(? - January 20, 2025) (her death, 3 children)
- ChildrenDaniel AdamsHannah AdamsLily Adams
- ParentsDavid Richards
- Former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
- After leaving the Planned Parenthood organization, Richards focused her efforts on leading Supermajority, a political action group she had co-founded to mobilize female voters for the 2020 elections.
- Richards was best known for her work leading Planned Parenthood through a particularly challenging time which included threats to its funding and the first election of Donald Trump to the presidency.
- She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden on November 20, 2024, the highest honor bestowed upon a civilian, at a White House ceremony for leading some of America's most important civil rights causes.
- Was on the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
- There is a reason that Roe v. Wade is the number one search on Goggle today - Americans are waking up in disbelief and trying to understand how #SCOTUS is planning to eviscerate access to safe and legal abortion.
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