{"id":96520,"date":"2016-06-22T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96520"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:25:50","slug":"actress-praises-planned-parenthood-president-legendary-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actress-praises-planned-parenthood-president-legendary-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress praises Planned Parenthood president as \u2018legendary,\u2019 \u2018my hero\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/katie-yoder\/2016\/06\/17\/actress-praises-planned-parenthood-prez-legendary-my-hero?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=marketing&amp;utm_term=facebook&amp;utm_content=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=connie-britton\">NewsBusters<\/a>)\u00a0Besides the liberal media, Planned Parenthood\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/09\/29\/guess-who-20-celebrities-rush-planned-parenthoods-defense\">biggest fans come from Hollywood<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and actress Connie Britton is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0<em>Nashville<\/em>\u00a0actress Connie Britton introduced Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards at the White House\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunitedstateofwomen.org\/\"><em>The United State of Women Summit<\/em><\/a>. Before describing Richards as her \u201chero\u201d as well as a \u201cthinker\u201d and \u201cvisionary,\u201d Britton made her own comments on \u201creproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old star began her speech by claiming that \u201cthere\u2019s nothing really that\u2019s more important\u201d than \u201cwomen\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot to do, guys. We really do,\u201d she cheered. \u201cAnd we certainly don\u2019t have time to deal with interference from anyone else about the choices that we make about our own bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Britton exclaimed how \u201cproud\u201d she was of the Obama administration and its work \u201cin regards to women\u2019s health and reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration has been transformative and relentless,\u201d she said. \u201cToday, millions more women now have expanded access to health coverage and important preventive care because of the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she still warned her audience of the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we\u2019ve seen in some states, if we don\u2019t stay vigilant, we risk losing what we\u2019ve worked so hard to win,\u201d she added. \u201cI hope we know how serious that threat is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her hope lay in one woman in particular: Cecile Richards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really thrilled to introduce a true leader, a pioneer in women\u2019s rights to quality healthcare,\u201d Britton continued. \u201cA dedicated activist and the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/164501\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But Britton\u2019s praise of Richards didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a thinker, a leader and a visionary for brighter futures for women everywhere,\u201d Britton gushed. \u201cShe\u2019s also one of my heroes and a legendary Southern woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also applauded Richards for \u201cwork[ing] tirelessly to empower women across the country to have access to resources and dignity to make their own decisions about their health\u201d as well as \u201cstriv[ing] every day to create a healthier, safer and more equal world for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once on stage, Richards stressed the feeling was mutual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Connie Britton,\u201d she said before\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2016\/06\/17\/planned-parenthood-president-says-organization-absolutely-saves\">delivering her speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published at <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/katie-yoder\/2016\/06\/17\/actress-praises-planned-parenthood-prez-legendary-my-hero?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=marketing&amp;utm_term=facebook&amp;utm_content=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=connie-britton\">NewsBusters<\/a> on June 17, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsBusters)\u00a0Besides the liberal media, Planned Parenthood\u2019s\u00a0biggest fans come from Hollywood\u00a0\u2013 and actress Connie Britton is no exception. Earlier this week,\u00a0Nashville\u00a0actress Connie Britton introduced Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards at the White House\u2019s\u00a0The United State of Women Summit. Before describing Richards as her \u201chero\u201d as well as a \u201cthinker\u201d and \u201cvisionary,\u201d Britton made her own comments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":96521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,1157,246,9220,9222,310,14,9221,1797,998],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Actress praises Planned Parenthood president as \u2018legendary,\u2019 \u2018my hero\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201c(Cecile Richards is) a thinker, a leader and a visionary for brighter futures for women everywhere,\u201d actress Connie Britton gushed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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