Appropriations Outcome Proves Pro-life Progress Won’t Come Without A Fight

Washington, D.C. — U.S. House-Senate conference appropriators wrapped up business on fiscal year 2019 spending bills today, choosing to tack on a short-term continuing resolution for remaining agencies as a rider to the Department of Defense/Labor-HHS-Education appropriations package. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America issued the following statement in response:  “It is highly […]

Penny Nance on The Ingraham Angle

Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Actions Committee (CWALAC) joins Laura Ingraham to discuss the latest vicious attack against Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Click here to read Penny’s latest op-ed on this topic as featured on USA Today.

PRESS RELEASE: Planned Parenthood Announces New President, Dr. Leana Wen

Washington, D.C. — Today, Planned Parenthood announced their new President, Dr. Leana Wen. Dr. Wen has a medical background having been an emergency room doctor and Baltimore’s health commissioner. Her background as a political activist leaves little hope that Planned Parenthood will leave the abortion industry behind. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America […]

CWA Supports Grassley at Tense Town Hall Meeting in Iowa

Monday, CWA’s Iowa State Director, Tamara Scott, Iowa native and National Field Director, Janae Stracke, and a handful of other CWA of Iowa supporters attended Sen. Grassley’s (R-Iowa) 99th Town Hall Meeting, which concluded his 38th annual 99 county tour. As expected, the meeting was filled with liberal protesters and contention over the issue of […]

Last-Ditch Effort from Dems to Obstruct Judge Kavanaugh’s Confirmation

Washington, D.C. — Today, Sen. Feinstein (D-California) released a statement saying she referred an anonymous letter to federal investigative authorities concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. The contents of the letter are unknown. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America issued the following statement in response: “CWA just wrapped up four days […]

Black Women Are Betraying Their Sisters on Abortion

One group of black women are peddling the belief that abortion is “self-care,” that it benefits women and their families. This snake oil is being sold by The Afiya Center (TAC), which put these slogans on a giant billboard in Texas. As a free-thinking, informed and intuitive black woman, I don’t buy it. My child did not […]

Planned Parenthood Announces New President, Dr. Leana Wen

Washington, D.C. — Today, Planned Parenthood announced their new president, Dr. Leana Wen. Dr. Wen has a medical background having been an emergency room doctor and Baltimore’s health commissioner. Her background as a political activist leaves little hope that Planned Parenthood will leave the abortion industry behind. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America […]

[AUDIO] Use Your Voice – Episode 3, Women for Kavanaugh

Join CWA in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing as we go behind the scenes. You’ll hear some of Judge Kavanaugh’s statements as well as protests from inside the hearing room. Penny teases out the credentials and character of SCOTUS nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Use Your Voice takes you on the road with the Women […]

CWA of Iowa State Director Responds to Protesters in Sen. Grassley’s (R-Iowa) Office

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, CWA of Iowa State Director, Tamara Scott, was inside her Senator’s office when a swarm of protesters came to hold a sit-in protesting Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Judge Kavanaugh. Tamara Scott, CWA of Iowa State Director, issued the following statement:  “Thursday I was in Sen. Grassley’s office before heading to the Kavanaugh […]

Field Update: CWA State Leaders at Kavanaugh Hearing

This week some of our state leaders who helped with our Women for Kavanaugh bus tour were able to fly to D.C. to be present at Judge Kavanaugh’s hearings. These women were able to sit in for portions of the hearings and prayed over all of the proceedings. While in town, they all made use […]

Kavanaugh: calm in the midst of chaos

Walking into the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building the first day of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing was absolutely not what was expected. It’s just a year and a half past the confirmation hearing of Justice Gorsuch which was pivotal and exciting in its own right, but largely uneventful. This go around has been […]

PRESS RELEASE – Kavanaugh Hearing Wraps Up Day One

Washington, D.C. – Today was the first day of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. The morning had a contentious start with interruptions from Democrats and protestors in the audience. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) started by asking for the meeting to be cancelled entirely while Sen. Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) waited his turn […]

Senators Fail to Defund Planned Parenthood

In a rare up-or-down pro-life vote on Capitol Hill, the Senate voted last week on an amendment to the Labor HHS/Department of Defense “minibus” Appropriations bill.  The amendment offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) would prohibit federal funds from going to any provider of family planning or reproductive health services that performs abortions or affiliates […]

States Seeking New Avenues to Defund Planned Parenthood

In April 2018, Tennessee passed a law, Amendment 36, declaring the state’s belief that childbirth and family planning services should not include elective abortions. Additionally, this law aims to eliminate “direct or indirect use of state funds to promote or support elective abortions,” meaning agencies providing elective abortions should not be eligible for any government […]

Judge Kavanaugh Church Bulletin Insert

It is an exciting time for us as Christians, given the quality of the current nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. We have a chance to turn the tide of unjust decisions based on judicial activism and protect religious liberty for decades to come. It is incumbent upon us to make the […]

CWALAC Endorses Mark Harris for Congress for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, has endorsed Mark Harris for Congress in the 9th District of North Carolina. Penny Nance, CEO and President, said, “Concerned Women for America LAC is proud to endorse Mark Harris, a true leader in his community, to represent the citizens […]

Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour Update

The Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour continues through West Virginia and Missouri. We are praying for this important process and asking senators to put partisan politics aside and confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.

‘So, So Jaded’: The Campaign to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Struggles for Liftoff

Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) “Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour” was featured in a recent New York Times article describing the failure of those who want to oppose Judge Kavanaugh from gaining any traction. In “‘So, So Jaded’: The Campaign to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Struggles for Liftoff,” reporters Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson, write “[A]cross the country […]