Cecile Richards Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Planned Parenthood will fight these attacks in courts, in the state houses, at the ballot boxes to ensure that women with their doctors and families continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference.

Today's actions by the court are a shining example of why elections matter. When judges far outside the mainstream are nominated and confirmed to public office by anti-choice politicians, women's health and safety are put in the danger.

We're trying to evaluate the timing and the options now. It's a sad day for the women of South Dakota.

We're trying to evaluate the timing and the options now, but we're committed to making sure this does not come into effect. It's a sad day for the women of South Dakota. We had really hoped that the governor would weigh women's health as more important than politics.

The Supreme Court's decision to hear this case is a dangerous act of hostility aimed squarely at women's health and safety.

Despite 33 years of Supreme Court precedent that women's health matters, the court has decided it will once again take up this issue.

Expanding access to contraception is the best way to prevent unintended pregnancies, and Planned Parenthood continues to work with pharmacies throughout the country to improve access. Women should never have to worry about being denied contraception, which is basic healthcare for many American women.

In many communities, Wal-Mart is the only pharmacy, so timely access is critical.

Health-care decisions should be made by women, with their doctors and families -- not politicians. Lawmakers should stop playing politics with women's health and lives.