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President Joe Biden just awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to the woman who once presided over abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

The lame-duck president gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, during what many saw as a secret ceremony on Wednesday. The award is given to a civilian who has made an “especially meritorious contribution” to the country.

“The ceremony was not listed on Mr. Biden’s public schedule, nor was his decision to award the medal to Ms. Richards publicly announced until after the presentation,” according to The Washington Times which noted that “Medal of Freedom presentations usually aren’t private.”

“Members of the media were not invited to watch the ceremony, which was not live-streamed on the White House website,” the outlet reported.

Biden said Richards has “led some of our Nation’s most important civil rights causes — to lift up the dignity of workers, defend and advance women’s reproductive rights and equality, and mobilize Americans to exercise their power to vote.”

“A leader of utmost character, she has carved an inspiring legacy that endures in her incredible family, the countless lives she has made better, and a nation seeking the light of equality, justice, and freedom,” Biden said of Richards who led Planned Parenthood for 12 years before leaving in 2018.

According to The Hill, Richards was “diagnosed in 2023 with a glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain tumor. The average glioblastoma survival time is only 12 to 18 months. Biden’s son Beau died from glioblastoma in 2015.”

Anti-abortion advocates railed against Biden and his administration.

“Under Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood ended more than 3.8 million unborn lives and was caught harvesting baby body parts for sale. Where is the ‘freedom’ for babies and moms? It’s time to end Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer-funded ride,” said Emily Erin Davis, vice president of communication for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

She added that “the White House continues to promote abortion up to the bitter end.”

“Every day I think I can’t be more disgusted with this White House something like this happens,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) wrote in a post on X.

“This honor marks a dark chapter in the late stages of one of other darkest presidencies in American history when it comes to protecting mothers and unborn children,” Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, said. “Planned Parenthood has used billions of taxpayer dollars to profit from the tragic extermination of millions of children while exploiting the health and wellbeing of countless women.”

The GOP lawmaker called abortion the “antithesis of freedom that no person of compassion or conscience should stoop to honor, let alone the President of the United States.”

Richards “was embroiled in a 2015 scandal when it was revealed that a senior staff member was caught on video talking about how the organization had accepted money in exchange for providing fetal tissue to be used in medical research,” according to the Washington Times. “The revelation touched off a political firestorm and Ms. Richards apologized for the tone of the staff member and Planned Parenthood altered its fetal tissue sales policies in response.”

Social media erupted over Biden’s under-the-radar ceremony, awarding Richards with the medal.

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