NEW YORK, NY — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today announced that Cecile Richards, president of PPFA and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, will receive an honorary degree from Brown University for her dedication to civic leadership and public service, and her commitment to voting rights, education and advocacy. Richards is a 1980 graduate of Brown University.

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

One of Only 10 People to be Named to Prestigious List for Second Year in a Row

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

Huffington Post has named Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), one of Huffington Post's 2011 Game Changers, their “third annual celebration of 100 innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.”

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

The nation has lost a great leader today — a true visionary whose voice for women’s and civil rights will never be forgotten.

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

As a member of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) joins in the mourning of Dr. Benjamin Hooks’ passing.

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

50 & Fabulous: Celebrating 50 Years of Women’s Advances Since The Pill

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

In an op-ed today in Women’s Health, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, celebrates Estelle Griswold, who “as the executive director of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut in the fifties and sixties, spent years fighting an 1879 state law that made it illegal to use or prescribe contraception. Griswold took her case all the way to the Supreme Court—and on June 7, 1965, she won, legalizing birth control in the state of Connecticut for married couples.”

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

Cecile Richards President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Jan. 30, 2014 • National

Cecile Richards President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Jan. 30, 2014 • National