Help Missouri Reclaim State Control of Education Standards

The Missouri General Assembly passed HB1490 on Thursday, May 15. The main purpose of the bill is to define a system wherein state education experts will evaluate and recommend state K-12 education standards. HB1490 passed the House 131-12 and the Senate 23-6. While not going nearly as far in returning local control of education as […]

CWA of Missouri Commended for Great Common Core Meetings

Jill, Yes you did do it again…you hit another one out of the ball park with your presentation to us Thursday night in Sedalia. This is the fourth two-hour session I have attended that the CWA has presented. Amazingly none have ever been the same. The Common Core subject is fluid and ever changing. And […]

New Hampshire Senate Voting to Quash Free Speech

The New Hampshire House voted on May 15 to establish a 25-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics so pro-life protestors cannot get close to them. The bill singles out American citizens who want to exercise their First Amendment right to protest outside of abortion clinics. No other group is targeted by New Hampshire lawmakers. For […]

DO WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO DO!

On May 13, 2014, I, along with hundreds of others, traveled to Richmond to stand either in support of traditional marriage or (as they say) “marriage equality”. Why does someone who is close to sixty years old take a day off from work and on a beautiful spring travel over two and a half hours? […]

CWA of North Dakota Applauds Appeal of Federal Court Decision on Heartbeat Law

In April Federal Judge Daniel L. Hovland struck down the North Dakota Heartbeat Law deeming it “unconstitutional”. It is, however, noteworthy to pay attention to Judge Hovland’s last comments in his opinion: “The controversy over a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion will never end. The issue is undoubtedly one of the most […]

LIFE WITHOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (PART 3)

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA OF WASHINGTON ACTION ALERT MAY 15, 2014 LIFE WITHOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (PART 3) God who gave us life gave us liberty.  Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Thomas Jefferson Dear CWA of Washington Member, I […]

Northern California’s New Area Director Introduced at May 3 Tea

The Northern California’s Tea to introduce CWA and the new Area Director, Patricia Del’Marmol, was a great success. There were 25 attendees who received information from Patricia Thompson, State Director, about CWA’s history and CWA’s focus to bring awareness of public policy and how the state legislature works and to provide what action can be […]

CWA of California Team at the State Capitol in Support of the Unborn

CWA of California team members were back at the State Capitol Tuesday, May 6, 2014, to support AB 2336 before the Assembly Health Committee. AB 2336, the Sex Selection Abortion Prohibition, “enacts the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act prohibiting anyone from performing or attempting to perform an abortion on a woman seeking to end the life of […]

CWA of California Team at the State Capitol in Support of Education Tax Break

On Tuesday, April 29, State Director Patricia Thompson led a team of CWA ladies to the Capitol to lobby for education tax breaks (AB 1786). They completed this task and then ended up encouraging some of the wonderful conservative legislators who are fighting for the same things for which CWA of California fights. It was […]

Comments on Common Core Education

Education is one of Concerned Women for America’s core issues. CWA has been educating its members on the problems with Common Core as part of its goal to protect families. We encourage parents to be alert and proactive when it comes to their children’s welfare. You may read several articles on this issue at https://concernedwomen.org/about/issues/education/ […]

THE BIBLE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (PART 2)

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA OF WASHINGTON ACTION ALERT THE BIBLE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (PART 2) “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” —George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 Dear CWA Member, When I was in college, I worked for a professor who had written a book about an early U.S. […]

Gov. LePage’s Veto Upheld – Abortion Providers Denied Additional Funds

As you know, CWA of Maine opposed LD 1247 and encouraged you to do the same. This bill would have given more funding to Family Planning and Planned Parenthood, the two major abortion providers in Maine. On April 28, Gov. Paul LePage vetoed LD 1247, and then on May 1, the House failed to override […]