Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.

The former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong champion of women’s rights passed away Monday from brain cancer.

Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for women’s rights and Planned Parenthood leader, died of brain cancer at 67, her family said.

Ann Richards, speaks during the Democratic National ... during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven ...

during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) CONCORD, N.H. — Cecile Richards, a national ...

FILE - Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's president, addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. Jan. 10, 2016, during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ... Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was ...

FILE - Cecile Richards ... Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) FILE - Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Gov ...

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They have a lot in common. Following her brutal election loss, former Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly spoke with Hillary Clinton on multiple occasions as she mulls her future in the wake ...

Only two people in the planet have been through the embarrassment of losing a presidential election to Donald Trump - Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. And in the weeks following her bruising ...

Cecile Richards first noticed that something fundamental had shifted in America’s politics more than 30 years ago. After her mother, the progressive Texas governor Ann Richards, was defeated in ...