Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Friday for the annual March for Life, energized by the momentum surrounding President Donald Trump's return to the White House. Abortion was largely absent from the stack of dozens of executive orders in Trump's first days of office. But he has already made quieter moves on abortion, including pardoning several right-to-life activists and using wording related to fetal personhood in an executive order rolling back protections for transgender people. In a recorded video address to attendees of the anti-abortion rally who...

Cecile Richards, who led Planned Parenthood for over a decade, lost her battle with cancer on Monday. Richards, 67, who was diagnosed in late 2023, passed away surrounded by family, her family said. “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," her family wrote, sharing the news of her death. Richards served as the head of Planned Parenthood for 12 years,...

We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to Cecile Richards—for infinite reasons. Perhaps least: by passing just hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration, at the too-young age of 67, she made the day yet another reason for reverence and remembrance, not one of cruel orange spectacle. For those of us with faith in justice and kindness, today was already a hallowed day, the holiday honoring the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of this country’s foremost beacons of progress when it comes to human rights. As was...

Cecile Richards led Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, making her the organization’s longest-serving president. Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 24, 2022. Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 24, 2022. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and a prominent figure in the pro-abortion movement, has died. She was 67.