Cory L. Richards

Cory Lerner Richards (1948 – April 4, 2013) was an American activist for birth control and abortion rights.[1] He worked for the Guttmacher Institute, which he first joined in 1975 as a policy analyst.[2] He was appointed vice president for public policy in 1988, senior vice president in 2000, and executive vice president in 2008.[2]

Cory L. Richards
Born1948
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Died(2013-04-04)April 4, 2013 (aged 64)
Washington, D.C., US
Alma materYale University
EmployerGuttmacher Institute
Spouse
Douglas Mitchell
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(m. 2013)​

After graduating from Yale University in 1970, he worked for Peter Kyros, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Maine, which led him toward public health policy.[2]

In 1994, Richards spearheaded the report Uneven and Unequal, which analyzed variability in insurance funding for birth control.[1] In 1998, he founded the Guttmacher Policy Review, a quarterly journal that analyzes sexual and reproductive health and rights issues. The journal's statistical reporting and policy opinions have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Congress.[2]

Richards also volunteered with NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Abortion Federation, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS).[1]

He died in 2013 (aged 64) of pancreatic cancer at the Washington Home and Community Hospice.[3]

References
  1. "Cory L. Richards, Champion for Expansion of Birth Control Access, Dies". Feminist Majority Foundation. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. "The Guttmacher Institute Mourns the Loss of Cory L. Richards, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Public Policy". Guttmacher Institute. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. "Cory L. Richards, Guttmacher Institute VP". The Washington Post. 27 April 2013.
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