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.

Planned Parenthood hosts a protest at the Arizona State Capitol in anticipation of bans to healthcare and reproductive rights by Donald Trump.

Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.

Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is dead at 67. The human rights activist battled brain cancer since 2023.

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

Women's rights activist and former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, 67, died at her home surrounded by family and her dog Ollie on Monday morning, her family announced.

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

Richards was a Waco native and the daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards. She was also Beto O'Rourke's national finance chair during his run for governor.