Cecile Richards Quotes

• It's better to be a corporation today than to be a woman in front of the Supreme Court.

  Cecile Richards

  Corporations, Today, Court

  "The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights". "Moyers & Company", billmoyers.com. July 18, 2014.

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• No mother in the world wants her daughter to have fewer rights than she did...

  Cecile Richards

  Daughter, Mother, Rights

  "Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2015 Recap: Carnegie Hall, New York City" by Danica Lo, www.glamour.com. November 9, 2015.

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• This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.

  Cecile Richards

  Badass, Years, Tables

  Cecile Richards' Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• 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 this.

  Cecile Richards

  Thinking, Government, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.

  Cecile Richards

  Years, Birth Control, Parenthood

  "Cecile Richards DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• 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 health care.

  Cecile Richards

  Fighting, Thinking, Care

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• At Planned Parenthood, we see the impact of abortion stigma firsthand, in the women who delay getting reproductive health care because they fear they’ll be labeled and judged. We see the effect of stigma on doctors, health center staffers, and others who help provide abortion services. And we see the impact in laws that regulate and restrict abortion in ways that would never happen with any other medical procedure.

  Cecile Richards

  Impact, Doctors, Law

  "Ending the Silence That Fuels Abortion Stigma" by Cecile Richards, www.elle.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.

  Cecile Richards

  Children, Rights, Care

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• Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition!

  Cecile Richards

  President, Thanks, Being A Woman

  "Cecile Richards DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure and teenage girls are paying the real price.

  Cecile Richards

  Girl, Teenage, Real

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• I'm just so amazed by people who are willing to share things that, in the past, no one would have ever talked about. Folks in popular culture being willing to take on issues, I think that is such a key part of having a culture shift and an institutional shift.

  Cecile Richards

  Past, Thinking, Keys

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• So why are we having to fight in 2012 against politicians who want to end access to birth control? It's like we woke up in a bad episode of 'Mad Men'.

  Cecile Richards

  Fighting, Men, Mad

  "Cecile Richards DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.

  Cecile Richards

  Issues, President, Matter

  "Video, funding controversies put spotlight on Planned Parenthood boss". www.foxnews.com. October 01, 2015.

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• And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.

  Cecile Richards

  President, Cabinets, Court

  "Cecile Richards DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers.

  Cecile Richards

  Volunteer, Abortion, Female

  "Peace Corps Volunteers to Finally Receive Same Abortion Coverage as Federal Employees" by Caitlin Moscatello, www.glamour.com. December 15, 2014.

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