I think young people are recognizing the power of institutions, and we have to really dismantle a lot of the stigma and shame, culturally, but we also have to change things in terms of how government and institutions deal with… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm proud of at Planned Parenthood is the number of health centers providing trans care, which was largely driven by young activists. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
I worked with women who were nurses and workers, women who worked in hotels, janitors who basically cleaned buildings, worked two jobs just to… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
If you look at the workforce and the way our laws work around so many issues, it's as if women are supposed to retrofit… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
My dad was a civil rights lawyer, and he was actually defending conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas was that… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure and teenage girls are paying the real price. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
All my life, I've been lucky to work in social justice, starting as a labor organizer working with low-wage working women. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition! — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
Dealing with men in Congress - for the most part, it's pretty dispiriting in terms of the lack of regard they have for women.… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
I think we're all fighting for the day in which partisan politics is no longer something that is used to attack women's access to… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
