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Article: PPFA Chooses Political Operative: New President at Planned Parenthood.(Planned Parenthood Federation of America )
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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Turning to an experienced political operative with a fresh face, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) named Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, as the organization's new president. Richards will take over the helm of the nation's largest abortion chain in mid-February.
Richards replaces interim president Karen Pearl, who took over from Gloria Feldt in 2005. Feldt led the organization from 1996 to 2005. She stepped down in January 2005, saying she felt it was "time for me to be making a transition."
The number of abortions performed at Planned Parenthood clinics increased by two-thirds during Feldt's ...