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.
Pro-life leaders shared their expectations for President Donald Trump's second term at the annual March for Life, proposing potential steps his administration could take to defund Planned Parenthood and protect preborn children.
President Trump and his Vice President JD Vance celebrate gains in the antiabortion movement with activists in the annual March for Life.
A longstanding champion of women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most prominent advocates for abortion access in recent decades, who steered Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018. She repeatedly defended the ...
Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.
Abortion procedures across the state also appear to be growing. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that around 4,080 abortions took place in Utah during 2023. The state of Utah reported similar numbers in 1990, with abortions falling from 2010 to a low of 2,244 in 2020, sharply spiking to current figures.
Advocates on both sides of the fight over access to reproductive rights are gearing up for an expected debate this year over whether and how lawmakers should create new protections for access to in-vitro fertilization.
Some blame the groups that pushed Amendment 3 of taking a path of least resistance to get the ballot measure passed.
Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville addressed President Donald Trump's first course of action in his second term.President Trump wasted no time signing execu
Republicans in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are hoping momentum carries over to contests this year that will determine whether their state Supreme Courts retain left-leaning majorities or flip to conservative control.
Several prominent Californian politicians were in attendance at the Capitol for the swearing-in, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was there, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, a member of the Democratic House leadership, helped lead colleagues into the Rotunda for the ceremony.