ACTION ALERT: Protect South Dakota Children from accessing porn!

Age Verification to Access Porn Bill Needs Your Action! HB1257, the age-verification bill, failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 4-3, sending the bill to the 41st legislative day (thus killing the bill). We wanted a no vote, which would have passed the bill to the Senate for a vote. Because this […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 6 Update

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Legislative Update – Week 6 HB1257 is a bill to require age verification by websites containing material harmful to minors. Minors are able to download explicit pornography off the […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 5 Update

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 4 Update

It’s a privilege to represent your voice each week at the State Capitol. Your prayer and action does make a difference! Here is the legislative recap for week four of the session. Please note the prayer and action requests. Opposition to Proposed Abortion Constitutional AmendmentHCR6008 is a good resolution opposing the initiated measure to place the “right” […]

Legislative Update: Week Three

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil: Who put darkness for light and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! -Isaiah 5:20 Child PornographySB79 is an Act to revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography. With the rise of artificial intelligence child […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 2 Update

“Fix these words of Mine in your hearts and minds; …Teach them to your children…” Deuteronomy 11:18-19 Secretary of BOE Stands with Parents – A Must-Listen Testimony HB1072, a bill from the South Dakota Education Association, is an act to establish qualifications for members of the Board of Education (BOE) Standards. HB1072 would have required […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 1 Update

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”  1 Corinthians 15:58 South Dakota’s state legislators didn’t waste any time getting started introducing and even having committee hearings on bills. Between Gov. Kristi Noem’s (Republican) State of the […]

CWA of South Dakota 2023 Fall Newsletter

Click here to read our 2023 Fall Newsletter. This edition’s articles include: Shine the Light into the Darkness of Sexual Exploitation Parental Rights vs. Woke Worldview Decline to Sign the Abortion Petition OTC Pill Primed to Aid Sex Traffickers CWA in Action on Capitol Hill Be an Influencer

Is “Gay Pride” Coming to Your Community?

After a long South Dakota winter, we welcome summer’s warm and sunny days. With the month of June, however, brings the unwelcomed “Gay Pride Month.” Those celebrating the sin described in Romans 1 cheer and flout their degeneration with parades, speeches, and Drag Shows, including Drag Queen Story Hour.  You may recall that last year […]

Ask Gov. Noem to Veto Pot Bill

Just when we thought the legislative session was over, we found it necessary to look at the bills still awaiting the Governor’s signature and urge her to veto one bill in particular. SB1 is sponsored by Sen. Erin Tobin (R-District 21) and Rep. Ernie Otten (R-District 6). SB1 passed in the House and the Senate. […]

Legislative Update – Session Almost Over

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 We are nearing the end of the legislative session with just one week remaining. The final week mainly consists of conference committees. The bills in which we were involved […]

Legislative Update & Action Item: Stop Funding Drag Shows

HB1116 is a good bill that ” prohibits the use of state resources in hosting lewd or lascivious content.” HB1116 passed in the House with a vote of 60-10. These “drag shows” are billed as “kid-friendly,” but it is an outright assault on our children. It is an egregious attack on our culture and values. The […]

Legislative Update and Urgent Action Needed

Good news to report: Help Not Harm bill passes in the House! We are grateful that HB1080, to “prohibit certain medical and surgical interventions on minor children,” passed in the House with a vote of 60-10. HB1080 would prohibit the radical “treatment” for gender dysphoria, which involves puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and irreversible surgeries like double mastectomies […]

Action Alert: Protect U.S. Constitution

A bad resolution will be heard in House State Affairs committee next week. HJR 5002 is an application to Congress for an Article V Constitutional Convention. Those who call for a Constitutional Convention are crafty and always include a “hook” issue in which people in the state are interested. This particular application is a request […]

A Case Against Term Limits

Download Concerned Women for America of South Dakota’s resource that outlines concerns against term limits.

Action Alert: Don’t Harm Our Children

“It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.” Luke 17:2 You may recall our efforts to target Sanford Health for co-hosting the Midwest Gender Identity Summit with the Transformation Project on January […]