Cecile Richards

Can You Hear Me Yet?

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Comprehensive Sex Education, Abstinence Until Marriage, Planned Parenthood, Virginity Pledges, Cecile Richards, Sex Education, Abstience Only, Home News

At this point, it's hard to imagine how much more data the government and Congress need to understand that just telling kids to not have sex isn't working.

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Bush's Parting Shot Undermines Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Midnight Regulation, Hhs, Planned Parenthood, President Bush, Cecile Richards, Health Care, Choice, Politics News

A new rule issued yesterday by the Bush administration, with little more than 30 days left in office, is the ultimate holiday gift to the extreme right.

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Sen. Clinton Champions Women's Health Worldwide

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, Un, Global Gag Rule, Barack Obama, Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood, Politics News

Senator Clinton understands that improving the status of women is not simply a moral imperative; it is necessary to building democracies around the globe.

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A Progressive Texas Thanksgiving

Cecile Richards | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Ann Richards, Texas, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Al Franken Senate, Thanksgiving Commentary, Al Franken, Living News

Ever since my mom got beat by George Bush Jr. we've congregated for Thanksgiving down at Padre Island, near Harlingen, Texas. We liked to think of this gathering at the beach as the Hyannis Port of the South.

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Catholics Vote for Women's Health

Cecile Richards | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

In a poll commissioned by Planned Parenthood, Catholic voters' number-one response on family planning concerns were "too many unwanted children in America whose parents can't take care of them."

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A Winning Night for Women

Cecile Richards | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

It is hard to overstate the landslide victory for women last night. For too long, our health and rights have been used as a political battering ram.

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Palin and McCain's Disregard for Women's Health

Cecile Richards | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Mccain, Reproductive Health, Obama, Cecile Richards, Pro-Choice, Palin, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Palin affirmed our fears that she, along with John McCain, is on board with the platform's most severe anti-woman principles. Apparently women's health is not only "extreme," but it's not even up for discussion.

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Victims of Sexual Abuse Get Heard

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

With the nomination of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, women who had scattered after Hillary Clinton's defeat were reenergized as they coalesced in their opposition to Palin's abortion viewpoint.

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Women's Health: Yet Another Issue Sarah Palin is Out of Touch On

Cecile Richards | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Debate, John McCain, Reproductive Health, Cecile Richards, Sarah Palin, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Sarah Palin Women's Issues, Politics News

Palin's answers on reproductive health issues, such as criminalizing abortion, were a rambling mix of contradictions and platitudes, much like her answers the bailout, health care, and the economy.

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To Hate Like This Never Felt So Good -- Taking Revenge on Sarah

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pro Choice, Cecile Richards, Sarah Palin RNC Speech, Sarah Palin Planned Parenthood Donation, Sarah Palin Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood, Sarah Palin, Politics News

My happiness with Obama was always much stronger than my dislike of McCain. And then Sarah happened, and it got personal. Here's how I'm sticking it to her.

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Hillary and Cecile Richards: Basic Care for Millions of Women at Stake

Peter Daou | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Planning, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Cecile Richards, Politics News

I wanted to share an important op-ed on an issue that Hillary has taken the lead on.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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Proposed Bush Rule Undermines Women's Access to Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Choice, Bush, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Health, Politics News

Access to contraception is essential and smart public policy. In its waning days, the Bush administration has shown it will stop at nothing to attack women's health care.

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Harball Flirts With Women Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.

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