Despite freezing temperatures, snow and slick roads, organizers refused to cancel Saturday’s 2025 Celebrate Life March, instead pushing the annual event inside to the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library.
The site was launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a public awareness campaign.
Activists say these centers circulated misinformation about "abortion pill reversals" not supported by studies.
Former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards has died. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2023.
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and an outspoken advocate for abortion and women's rights, has passed away.
During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals.
In 1967 – six years before Roe v. Wade was decided and before any other state changed its laws – Colorado legislators loosened abortion restrictions. The new law allowed for abortions in the case of rape, incest, fetal anomalies and when the life or health of the mother is at risk.
This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie,” her family said in a statement. “Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives.
This week, we mark the second anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade and honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reflecting on his enduring message of justice, equality and
Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for abortion rights who served as president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, died on Monday. She was 67. Richards was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, in 2023. She died at home, "surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie," Richards’ family said in a statement.
Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last year.
She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access