Transwomen are just transwomen, not women

The push for trans-rights is a blight on the body politic. The push for trans-rights may have just pushed too far. Persuading Americans that a person identifying as the opposite sex is the opposite sex ultimately will only convince those willing to call a lie the truth. Last week marked the 100th anniversary of Senate […]

CWA of Missouri 2019 Session Wrap-Up

Missouri’s 100th General Assembly, First Regular Session, ended on Friday, May 17. It was a very busy legislative session, and Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Missouri was active at the State Capitol representing your voice every week during the session. I want to thank CWA of Missouri’s legislative team, Alissa Johnson and Vicki Leuther, […]

Billionaires Find New Ways to Push for Abortion on Demand

Below are excerpts from a very interesting article by Dave Andrusko at National Right to Life. I commend it to you in its entirety. I think it is important for Concerned Women for America (CWA) members to realize what we are up against when it comes to protecting the sanctity of every human life at […]

Arlington Public Schools Crafting Harmful Policies for Children

In direct opposition to many parents, Arlington Public Schools (APS) is crafting transgender and gender nonconforming policies for children as young as kindergarten under the guise of nondiscrimination. These policies are being quietly pushed in Arlington, Virginia, and if successful, could be coming to your schools very soon. Background: You may have read this controversial […]

2019 Final Wrap-Up: Spring Session of the Illinois General Assembly

Elections Matter The Democrats have a super majority and were able to pass some of the most harmful bills in our state’s history. The bills below passed the Illinois House and Senate and most if not all will be signed into law by Gov. J. B. Pritzker. Legalized Recreational Marijuana HB 1438, the Cannabis Regulation […]

The Centennial Celebration of Women’s Suffrage

When the Founding Fathers gathered for the Continental Congress to draft a new Constitution, future first lady Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams and asked that he “remember the ladies”.[i] Women have been fighting for equal say in the political process since the founding of our nation, and 100 years ago this week, […]

Use Your Voice – Episode 11, Transgenders and Sports

In this episode, Doreen Denny, Concerned Women for America’s Senior Director of Government Relations talks with Beth Stelzer, the founder of Save Women’s Sports. Beth is a powerlifter and she shares with us her unique personal story about transgender athlete participation in her sport.  Through Save Women’s Sports, Beth is helping to preserve biology-based eligibility standards […]

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Having been born on June 6, D-Day, I have always had an affinity for that day in our history.  This year during the 75th anniversary year of D-Day, I was privileged to stand on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach where thousands of U.S. troops landed, and many died, to begin the liberation of Europe.  As […]

Nance Applauds the Trump Administration for Curtailing Human Fetal Tissue Research

Washington, D.C. — Following the Trump administration’s decision to expire funding for human fetal tissue research for the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Concerned Women for America’s President and CEO Penny Nance issued the following statement: “We thank President Trump and applaud the Administration’s firm decision to curtail this fruitless research, which has promoted the destruction […]

House Minority Forcing Members to go on Record on Anti-Semitism

Support for Israel has been a point of bi-partisan agreement and cooperation, but Democrats in the House are making what normally are straightforward votes difficult. As a result, House Republicans are using procedural maneuvers to get members on the record on legislation combatting the anti-Semitic BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions), since the Majority won’t […]

Trying Times in the Maine Legislature – Still Time to Make a Difference!

L.D. 1313, the Doctor-Prescribed Suicide bill, was scheduled to be voted on in the Maine House Tuesday and again Thursday of this week but no vote was taken. The bill was tabled and will be voted on sometime next week – Tuesday, May 28, at the earliest. You still have time to contact your representatives […]

Abortion Bills are Poised for a Comeback!

The Parental Notice of Abortion Repeal and the Late-Term Abortion No Restricts bills that CWA of Illinois has actively opposed have been sequestered in an Executive sub-committee since the massive April 20 pro-life rally and lobby day.  And now with the passage of pro-life bills in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and Missouri, as well as the influx of conservative judges […]

Urge Governor Abbott to Veto Mental Health Bill – HB 18

HB 18 attempts to solve the problem of school violence by creating a state bureaucracy – a coalition of psychiatric and psychological experts in medical schools – to STUDY the problem.  This involves multiple assessments of all school children with invasive questions about children and their homes and families. We believe that mental health care must […]

Anti-Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Language Fails to Pass in the House

This afternoon an attempt to add anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) language to H.R. 1994, a retirement enhancement act, was narrowly defeated in the U.S. House with a vote of 200 to 222. Though bipartisan, the vote was largely along party lines with only 12 Democrats joining the Republicans in support. Anti-BDS language within this legislation […]

House Votes on (In)Equality Act and Rejects Efforts to Save Women’s Sports

Last week, the House passed H.R. 5, the deceptively-named “Equality Act” by a vote of 236-173.  By redefining the term sex to include “sexual orientation and gender identity” in civil rights law, this bill elevates “gender identity” over the protected class of sex as male and female, giving any person the right to claim “gender […]