Cecile Richards

All across the country, the Women's March inspired doctors and teachers and mothers to become activists and organizers and, yes, candidates for office. ”

My dad was a civil rights lawyer, and he was actually defending conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. ”

The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion. ”

For women, access to reproductive health care isn't a political issue. ”

The good news is when we are in full-on sisterhood, women are the most powerful, political force in America. ”

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. ”

One of the things I'm proud of at Planned Parenthood is the number of health centers providing trans care, which was largely driven by young activists. ”

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

I worked with women who were nurses and workers, women who worked in hotels, janitors who basically cleaned buildings, worked two jobs just to support their family. And, it really taught me a lot about how much opportunity I had to do anything I wanted to with my life. ”

You can go a lot of places or make a lot of money, but there's nothing quite like having a job where people actually say to you, 'Thanks for making my life better.' ”