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As the president of one of the most polarizing organizations in the U.S., Cecile Richards has become Planned Parenthood’s most vocal supporter since accepting the role in 2006. High level political spats over reproductive rights and the use of federal funding play out in the national spotlight, and Richards often takes to Twitter to respond to the latest controversy to manifest. Regardless of your alignment, Richards (and the organization she represents) is smack in the middle of some of the year’s most heated issues – and we can watch them unfurl on Twitter.
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