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.

The community-driven activation day was hosted by Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties, which operates health centers in Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Mission Viejo and Garden Grove.

A lifelong advocate for women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most influential defenders of abortion access in recent decades.

The nonprofit organisation has expressed fears about the incoming Trump administration in Inauguration Day statement

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A website created by the Biden administration that outlined reproductive rights has now been removed by the Trump administration.

Organizers at Aspire Now, a religious-based pregnancy center in Williston, said they have been "under attack" since Roe was overturned.

In the weeks after the election, appointments for contraceptives, like IUDs, grew at Maine's Planned Parenthood centers from a weekly average of 26 to 48.

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, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67. Richards died Monday at home “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog,