Cecile Richards
According to the biographical sketch posted online by Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, previously worked as deputy chief of staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. In 2004, she founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of 42 national grassroots organizations working to maximize registration, education, and voter participation. She began her career organizing low-wage workers in the hotel, health care, and janitorial industries throughout California, Louisiana and Texas.
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Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
"In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."