I think women have the opportunity to change the landscape and change the direction of America. Cecile Richards Read Quote
As I say, I can’t wait until Congress – half of Congress can get pregnant so we can quit fighting about birth control and Planned Parenthood. Cecile Richards Read Quote
I’m grateful to women who have the privilege and ability to tell their stories and applaud them for doing that. And also recognize that there are many, many women in this country who will never have that opportunity. Cecile Richards Read Quote
Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas was that my dad worked, she was supposed to stay home and take care of the kids, and that was that. There really weren’t other opportunities for her, and most of them were volunteer opportunities. Cecile Richards Read Quote
I would be excited if we could reimagine workplaces that start from a premise that women are going to be a central part: Women are going to bear children, people are going to raise those children, and it’s not going to be a nuisance – it’s actually going to be understood as part of the deal. Cecile Richards Read Quote
If you look at the workforce and the way our laws work around so many issues, it’s as if women are supposed to retrofit themselves into a workplace that was never created for them. Cecile Richards Read Quote
My mother was obsessed with clothes, so – as people do – I went in the other direction. Cecile Richards Read Quote
I’m not a fashion person. I basically like to wear navy blue, and I don’t need a lot of extras. Cecile Richards Read Quote
Dealing with men in Congress – for the most part, it’s pretty dispiriting in terms of the lack of regard they have for women. And they’re not even… it’s like they don’t know what they don’t know, and they don’t even care what they don’t know. Cecile Richards Read Quote
The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion. Cecile Richards Read Quote
