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 […]

Don’t Discriminate Against Homeschoolers

Two years ago, a good and freedom-loving homeschool bill, SB177, passed in the legislature and signed by Gov. Kristi Noem. However, this year SB57 is an attempt to chip away at those good provisions homeschool families have been enjoying. SB57 would remove the eligibility of homeschooled students to participate in activities in the district of their […]

Action Alert: Protect moms and babies in South Dakota

For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. Psalm 193:13 HB1053 is a good pro-life bill that will prohibit pregnant and breastfeeding mothers from being able to secure a certificate for medical marijuana use.  Our goal is a healthy baby and a healthy mother. Read the bill here. HB1053 could […]

Update: Legislative Session-Week 1

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”  Ephesians 6:12 The First Week of the Legislative Session Lisa Gennaro, our Legislative Liaison, and I arrived at the Capitol in […]

Merry Christmas from CWA of South Dakota!

“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given …” Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas! “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and they will call Him Immanuel—which means, ‘God with us.’” Matthew 1: 23  “God with us.” How awesome that the Christ, the Son of the […]

Gov. Noem Takes Action on Harms Done to Children

Last week, this email was sent  asking South Dakotans to contact the President and CEO of Sanford Health and to urge him to cancel the Midwest Gender Identity Summit scheduled for January 13, 2023, at the Sanford Research Center. Sanford Health and The Transformation Project were billed as participants in this event. The Summit was […]