Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died (Enjoy Hell)

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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. She was 67. “This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie. Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,” it read.

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Richards served as president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018

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The women in Richards’ family were no strangers to political power: Her mother was the late Gov. Ann Richards of Texas and her daughter, Lily Adams, served as a political appointee in former President Joe Biden’s administration. In one of his final presidential statements, Biden on Monday honored Cecile Richards, calling her a “leader of utmost character” and saying she “fought for the dignity of workers, defended and advanced women’s reproductive rights and equality.”

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“Jill and I are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Cecile Richards. Cecile fearlessly led us forward to be the America we say we are,” said Biden, who in a private ceremony in November awarded Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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After leaving Planned Parenthood, Richards in 2019 partnered with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza and Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, to launch a political action group called Supermajority focused on women’s activism and equality.

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