The first time I really sat with Cecil RichardsThis was early in the period of her family planning organization, at a large round breakfast in a center in central Manhattan. I have been told that it is new in New York – although it is not new on the limelight, as it is a long -term labor organization and the famous daughter of Texas, Ann Richards – and I didn’t know this large number of women in the media. Do I arrange a few editors to meet it?
I did that, and by the time our dishes were cleaned, I had two thoughts: (1) I would follow this woman to war, and (2) Can we become friends ?? Cecil was explicit, funny, and organized by nature, and it seems not afraid. She continued to spend 12 years in the Family Organization Organization, from 2006 to 2018, before leaving to launch many other organizations. Abortion and Supporting democracy Initiatives, and many of us are on that table He was Lucky enough to become a friend of her. Oh, and yes – as it turned out, ended up with war.
It was not long ago, but Cecil Richards led the Family Organization in a different time than we live now. You may assume it was Easier Time – and of course it was: before canceling the Supreme Court Ro against WadeBefore there is Ers Stay away a lot Pregnant womenbefore Suggested countries One in every four of us who aborted murder.
But it was also a time when abortion was not talking. Correction: People who opposed abortion were talking about it a lot; One study I found that 94% of all abortion cases mentioned in the twenties were on the Fox channel, full of lies. But the general discourse in general deliberately avoided using the word “A”. Here in Sahar, where I was editor at that time, we are always Covered The case is frankly, but there was pressure on many public figures to stay away from them. “He is pleading with my manager to obtain another charity.”
This means that Cecil and a handful of prominent defenders of abortion were there alone, fighting our battle even with the increasing restrictions of abortion and violence against service providers. In 2015, when she appeared in front of Congress to testify for 12 hours, in response to a completely false claim against the Family Organization, Times The column writer, Gill Collins, described the function of Cecil as “a boat driving with unstable explosives … while he was surrounded by the two sides of the pirates of enemies throwing burning torches.”
But she can take pirates. When we honored it that year your luster The woman of the yearI watched and prepared watching the footage of that testimony in front of Congress, amazement at its composure (and its ideal dialect in Texas). The Americans have noticed everywhere their leadership. When we photographed it on the street for that story, people approached all ages and races to thank her. She was saying, “For this reason, I do this.” “People deserve health care.” With Cisel warnings about the rise of the anti -woman opposition, our rights began to erode – gradually, then suddenly – more and more. More of us I found the courage to stand beside her, or at least try.
