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 ...

Abortion rights advocates and lawmakers will meet in Austin this weekend to strategize how to amplify personal stories of ...

Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, is the latest recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to ...

There are poignant coincidences surrounding Cecile Richards’ death Monday ... was the eldest child of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. While her mother’s daughter, she was very much her ...

A lifelong advocate for women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most influential defenders of abortion access in recent decades.

former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, also a political activist. "Cecile fearlessly led us forward to be the America we say we are," Mr. Biden said in a statement. "Carrying her mom's torch for justice ...

"When I'm tempted to feel that way, I think about Cecile, and I know a lot of people do." Richards herself drew inspiration from the legacy of her mother, the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards ...

Cecile Richards, a Waco native and former national ... Ann Richards had been battling glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer. TEXAS TAKE: Sign up for insight and analysis on Texas politics ...

Cecile Richards addresses a crowd of demonstrators during a women's march for abortion rights outside the Texas state Capitol in Austin, on Oct. 2, 2021. Credit - Ilana Panich-Linsman—The New York ...

WACO, Texas — Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and a longtime abortion activist, has died from an aggressive form of brain cancer Monday morning, her family announced.