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The president of Planned Parenthood, longtime activist Cecile Richards, will step down this year after leading the women's health organization for more than a decade, the group said on Friday. "Every day we see the incredible power that grassroots voices can have - there has never been a better moment to be an activist". "You can bet I'll be marching right alongside them, continuing to travel around the country advocating for the basic rights and health care that all people deserve". Richards, a 2015 Glamour Women of the Year honoree, has also been an aggressive spokesperson who has defended Planned Parenthood from anti-abortion policy and efforts from Republican lawmakers to defund the organization. The organization accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal body parts.
"I don't know what my future holds, but I do know I've been fortunate enough to be kind of a troublemaker my whole life", Richards said on the show.
The first study, conducted by Fusion GPS and commissioned by Planned Parenthood itself, has reportedly concluded that "the audio was not tampered with". Under current law, it's illegal for federal funds to pay for abortions in most cases.
"I'm deeply proud of the progress we've made for the millions of people Planned Parenthood health centers serve across the country each year", she continued.
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Richards' departure comes as the abortion rights group has been under fire from the Trump Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, which passed legislation past year allowing states to withhold federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Her own activism has made her a hero to progressives and the focus of much criticism from abortion rights opponents. She spoke in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the party's national convention in 2016, where she celebrated Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary and heralded the historic election many were predicting. "And thank you to Planned Parenthood for all you've done and continue to do to advance reproductive rights". Before joining Planned Parenthood, she was a union organizer and deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, among other roles.
Richards, who's 60 and married with three children, got the taste for politics from her mother, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, famous for her wit and sharp-tongued criticism of George H.W. Bush.
"Planned Parenthood's new leadership should commit to full transparency with the Department of Justice and with the public, and to ending this taxpayer-funded criminal abortion enterprise once and for all", he added. "She leaves broken lives in her wake". At the rally, she gave credit to the 2017 Women's March for getting women ready to fight for their rights and their country.
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