Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.

Cecile Richards, an influential figure in the women’s rights movement and former head of Planned Parenthood, died of brain cancer at the age of 67.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.

The former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong champion of women’s rights passed away Monday from brain cancer.

A former Planned Parenthood president and staunch women's rights advocate Cecile Richards has died at the age of 67.

She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access

Ann Richards, speaks during the Democratic National ... during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven ...

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.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died

Cecile Richards, an activist and former president of Planned Parenthood who led the organization for more than a decade through a time of intense controversy, died Monday, her family said in a ...

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67. According to a family statement, Richards died Monday at

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