We should not base any kind of decisions about healthcare in this country based on highly sensationalized folks who are nothing but militant anti-abortion extremists. Cecile Richards More Quotes by Cecile Richards More Quotes From Cecile Richards No parent wants their child to get an infection or get pregnant before they're ready. Cecile Richards getchildreadyparent The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion. Cecile Richards backgroundwalkwomenpolitical 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 knowwomencaremen My mother was obsessed with clothes, so - as people do - I went in the other direction. Cecile Richards directionclothesmotherpeople 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 lookyouwomenwork 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 startwomenchildrenpeople 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 dadmomwisdomhome
