Texas represent! New Planned Parenthood pres hails from great state

While I've always known our numbers were high, it's reassuring to see more and more Texans coming out of the backwoods closet. Despite beliefs held by some narrow-mided folks (ahem, East Coasters), intelligent, socially progressive Texans DO exist and in that proverbial Texas way, they exist BIG! Please meet Ms. Cecile Richards, daughter of former Texas governer Ann Richards and the new president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Ms. Richards was born in Waco, Tex., and grew up in Dallas and Austin. ... In her previous jobs as president of America Votes, a coalition of 30 liberal-leaning national organizations that spent $350 million on political activities in 2004, co-founder of America Coming Together, a political action committee created to challenge the Bush administration, and president of Pro-Choice Vote during the 2000 election cycle, she pushed for a different electoral result. I'm excited to see what this Texan can do to ensure that reproductive rights are a mainstay for women everywhere.