Cecile RichardsPlanned Parenthood Federation of America, the largest abortion provider in the United States, announced today that it has hired longtime Democratic activist (and daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards) Cecile Richards to be its new President. Planned Parenthood was responsible for performing more than 244,000 abortions in 2003, according to an Associated Press story on the appointment.

The announcement of the Richards selection indicates that Planned Parenthood is becoming more overtly political and even more closely identified with the liberal wing of the Democratic party than it has been in the past. Richards has served on the staff of Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and ran the Texas Freedom Network in our state for a number of years, an organization opposed to the religious right similar to Norman Lear’s People for the American Way.

The Richards appointment comes at a time when Liberal, activist organizations are waging a major campaign to defeat the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito, principally over Alito’s perceived opposition to abortion.

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