March 23, 2006

A Political Expert Girds for Battle as Head of Planned Parenthood

By Michael Anft

When Cecile Richards took over as the new head of Planned Parenthood last month, she said she hoped the good tidings she was hearing from well-wishers would continue. "I'd like to see the honeymoon last a while," she says.

But within a couple of weeks, it became clear that she would not have much time for settling in, as the Supreme Court announced it would soon hear a case on the constitutionality of banning one type of late-term abortion, then backed the rights of anti-abortion

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