{"id":2392928,"date":"2025-01-20T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-planned-parenthood-president-who-presided-over-4-million-baby-murders-dies-at-age-67\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:49:59","slug":"longtime-planned-parenthood-president-who-presided-over-4-million-baby-murders-dies-at-age-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-planned-parenthood-president-who-presided-over-4-million-baby-murders-dies-at-age-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Planned Parenthood President Who Presided Over 4 Million Baby Murders Dies at Age 67"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-planned-parenthood-president-who-presided-over-4-million-baby-murders-dies-at-age-67%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cecile\u200c Richards, \u200dthe former president of Planned Parenthood, passed away at the age of 67 from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pathologist-speaks-out-about-covid-jab-effects\/\" title=\"Pathologist Speaks Out About COVID Jab Effects\">aggressive brain cancer<\/a> on\u2062 Monday morning, surrounded by\u2064 family and\u200d her dog, Ollie. Her family \u200dexpressed deep sorrow in \u2062a statement,highlighting her contributions to reproductive rights \u2063and thanking healthcare workers for their\u200b support during her illness. Richards, who led \u200dPlanned Parenthood \u200bfrom 2006\u2063 to 2018, \u200cwas\u200d noted for\u2064 her efforts\u200d to\u2063 expand access to abortion services in the U.S., with her\u2062 tenure marking a important increase in the association&#8217;s revenue, government funding, and private donations. She transformed \u200cPlanned Parenthood into a key\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-political-activism-and-influence-of-bill-gates\/\" title=\"The Political Activism And Influence of Bill Gates\">political force<\/a> in abortion \u200dadvocacy. \u200cAfter her death, various \u2062organizations and former President Biden paid tribute to her achievements, with Biden \u200brecently \u200bawarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her \u2064leadership in \u200creproductive rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died on Monday morning at the age of 67 after succumbing to an aggressive form of brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CecileRichards\/status\/1881355174243119322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the family of Richards, who led the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-university-hosts-sex-week-sponsored-by-planned-parenthood\/\" title=\"Ohio State University Hosts \u2018Sex Week\u2019 Sponsored By Planned Parenthood\">pro-abortion organization<\/a> between 2006 and 2018, said that she &ldquo;passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the doctors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-first-vaccines-rolling-out-of-michigan-plant-headed-directly-for-american-hospitals\/\" title=\"America First: Vaccines Rolling Out of Michigan Plant, Headed Directly for American Hospitals\">health care workers<\/a> who provided her excellent care and the friends, family, and well-wishers who have been by her side during this challenging time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The family also subtly commended her efforts to increase the legality and prevalence of abortion in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: &lsquo;When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?&rsquo; The only acceptable answer is: &lsquo;Everything we could.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/planned-parenthood-formally-accused-breaking-federal-law-help-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> enabled the death of roughly four million babies at the hands of their own parents during the 12-year tenure of Richards.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion advocate &ldquo;transformed the organization into a modern political powerhouse that is the face of America&rsquo;s abortion politics,&rdquo; according to a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/life\/report\/planned-parenthood-the-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> from the Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Richards also oversaw an increase in excess revenue at Planned Parenthood. The extent to which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">revenue surpassed expenses multiplied fivefold<\/a> between 2006 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Net assets doubled under Richards over the same time period, as did the amount of taxpayer money Planned Parenthood took from government sources. Private donations meanwhile tripled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During Cecile Richards&rsquo; tenure, Planned Parenthood commanded an increasing  of the overall U.S. abortion market &mdash; nearly doubling both the number of active individual contributors and the amount of government funding it receives, as well as seeing an increase in private donations by nearly 200 percent,&rdquo; the Heritage Foundation added.<\/p>\n<p>Richards continued to support abortion through her final years, saying in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=763732045964248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper last summer that she spent her life &ldquo;doing work that was rewarding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musk-ramaswamy-signal-planned-parenthood-federal-funding-chopping-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund both honored Richards after news broke of her death, asserting in a statement that they are &ldquo;heartbroken to lose a giant in the fight for reproductive freedom,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/20\/us\/cecile-richards-death-planned-parenthood\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In her 12 devoted years of service to our organization, Cecile brought Planned Parenthood Federation of America to new heights in our health care, education, and advocacy work,&rdquo; the entities said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She led us through fights that transformed the reproductive health and rights landscape and made Planned Parenthood Action Fund the advocacy and political force that it remains to this day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now-former President Joe Biden said in the final hours of his administration that Richards was a &ldquo;leader of utmost character&rdquo; who &ldquo;fought for the dignity of workers, defended and advanced women&rsquo;s reproductive rights and equality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-awards-presidential-medal-freedom-woman-responsible-deaths-millions-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a> Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Her family shared that she died at home with loved ones and her loyal dog, Ollie. They expressed their heartbreak and gratitude for the care she received from medical professionals and support from friends during this difficult time. The family also acknowledged her contributions to expanding abortion rights in the U.S., stating future generations may ask what was done during critical times, with the only acceptable response being &#8220;everything we could.&#8221; Under Richards&#8217; leadership from 2006 to 2018, Planned Parenthood facilitated approximately four million abortions and became a significant political force in abortion advocacy. During her tenure, the organization&#8217;s revenue increased significantly, with net assets doubling and private donations tripling. Following her death, both Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund honored her legacy as a champion for reproductive rights. Former President Joe Biden praised Richards as a leader of great character who fought for workers&#8217; dignity and women&#8217;s rights; he awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom before leaving office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cecile-Richards.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4310,37662,25544],"class_list":["post-2392928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion","tag-planned-parenthood","tag-pro-choice"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cecile-Richards.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392928"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392932,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392928\/revisions\/2392932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}