Commentary Statement by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on Rep. Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal by Gary Kopycinski on March 21, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2012. “As a trusted health care provider to one in five women, Planned Parenthood strongly opposes Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal because it jeopardizes access to basic health care.