Calls Needed on Another Pro-Life Bill!

We need YOUR VOICE! HB 1546, the Prohibition of Human Dismemberment Abortion bill was given a “Do Pass” recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee members! The bill was heard in committee three times – March 4, March 25 and again on March 27.  After lengthy debate regarding amendments, the bill was given a “Do Pass” […]

Abortion is Not an International Right

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) came to an end this week at the United Nations in New York City. News reports warn that the U.S. seeks to decrease the rights of women and girls by taking away an international “right” to abortion in UN resolutions. Based mainly on propaganda from far-left […]

Secretary Pompeo Continues to Remove U.S. Taxpayer Funds Used for Abortion Overseas

Today, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced further implementation of the Mexico City Policy to protect “more unborn babies around the world than ever before” and enforce President Trump’s commitment to stop U.S. taxpayers from funding abortion overseas. In January 2017, President Trump’s executive action restored and extended the original 1984 Mexico City Policy to […]

CWA of California Issue Updates

Together We Can Make an Even Greater Impact PRAYER/ACTION CHAPTERS Prayer/Action Chapters are booming statewide! Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) Prayer/Action Chapters are the backbone of our organization. Undergirded with the power of prayer, members are united and mobilized to influence policy that affects faith and family throughout our state. Would you like to learn […]

Join us at the rally in Sacramento on March 28

“… always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3:15 Dear Friends, I am heading to the State Capitol in Sacramento this week to speak out against the dangerous and inappropriate proposed […]

New Prayer/Action Chapter to Launch in Ball Ground, GA

Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Georgia is excited to announce the launch of a new Prayer/Action Chapter in Ball Ground, Georgia, and we invite all interested women and like-minded men to our inaugural meeting.  The chapter will be led by our new Prayer/Action Chapter leader, Kimberly Hoechstetter. Here are the details: Date: Saturday, March […]

Encourage-A-Legislator Appreciation Day 2019

Encourage-A-Legislator Appreciation Day 2019 Thursday, April 25 State Capitol in Baton Rouge This year, we are combining our Prayer Walk with the Encourage-A-Legislator Appreciation Day. All Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Louisiana members and EAL prayer volunteers are invited to join us. We will meet at 10:30 a.m. and should conclude the day by […]

Promoting Fiscally-Responsible Parental Leave Plans

Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have put forward an innovative plan for paid parental leave. The CRADLE Act would allow parents to receive up to three months paid parental leave in a fiscally-responsible way. Instead of creating a new entitlement program, as many on the left have suggested, the CRADLE Act is an […]

Deep in the Heart of Texas

For the ninth time during a session of the Texas Legislature, Concerned Women for America of Texas hosted “Dinner with Texas Legislators.”  This year, seventeen Texas legislators participated in the program on Tuesday evening, March 12, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Austin. Each legislator had a moment at the mic to speak to the gathering […]

CWA at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women

This week, government delegates and non-governmental organizations from all over the world met in NYC at the United Nations for the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63). Concerned Women for America (CWA) sponsored a side-event panel on Friday, March 15, with the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) titled, “Putting Women and […]

Join CWA of Illinois at the March 20 Pro-Life Rally & Lobby Day

Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Illinois will be joining pro-life organizations, churches, and supporters for Illinois Family Institute’s Pro-Life Rally & Lobby Day at the Illinois State Capitol on March 20. We hope you will attend to lobby your legislators to OPPOSE two horrific abortion bills: Reproductive Health Act, HB 2495, and Parental Notice […]

WIN: Trump on College Campuses

President Trump signed an executive order to protect free speech on college campuses today. Because of our Young Women for America chapters and efforts across the country, we were asked to be there when he signed it! Our YWA leaders have been effected by, and watched first-hand, the attack on the First Amendment on college […]

Your action is needed! Be a voice for our unborn children and their mothers!

Dear Friend, Just last week, HB 1336, the Abortion Pill Reversal Informed Consent bill, passed the State Senate after a unanimous “Do Pass” recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee members! HB 1336 now sits on the governor’s desk waiting for his signature! HB 1336 is a pro-life, pro-woman bill that amends the informed consent requirements to include information […]

Your Voice Made a Difference— Neomi Rao to the D.C. Circuit

Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to be a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, often recognized as the second-highest court in the land, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week by a vote of 53-46. No Republican senator opposed Rao. This is a major victory and a testament to your voice and […]

For America (Day 102)

O let us taste and see that You are good, Lord; Help us to trust in You and the promises You have given to us through Your Word. Blessed is He who puts his hopes in them. Help us to know You and understand You, increasingly so; Help us to fear You in Your holy […]

Action Needed on Illinois K-12 LGBTQ History Courses

The proselytizing of the LGBTQ lifestyle on impressionable school-aged children continues as HB 246 passed the Illinois House 60-42. Forty-four Republicans and 14 Democrats did not vote on the bill. If passed in the Senate and signed by the governor, this bill will go into effect July 1, 2020. Gov. Pritzker indicated he would sign […]

Communities That Care Survey – Your Voice is Needed!

ACTION needed on opt-out Communities That Care Survey! We want to keep the opt in language. Yesterday, HB 2361 passed out of the Children and Seniors Committee. The focus of this legislation is the Communities That Care Survey, which is a very invasive student health survey that CWA of Kansas very much opposes. Currently, parents […]

Strengthened Debbie Smith Act Introduced in Senate

On Thursday, Senator Cornyn (R-Texas) and Senator Feinstein (R-California) introduced the Debbie Smith Act of 2019, a bill that would reauthorize funding aimed at increasing capacity for DNA testing to reduce the rape kit backlog. The Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act was first signed into law in 2004 in response to the story of Debbie Smith, a […]

Use Your Voice – Episode 9, The Heartbeat of Humanity

  https://concernedwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CWA_UseYourVoice_Episode009.mp3 In this episode, CEO & President of Concerned Women for America Penny Nance looks back at her CPAC 2019 experience, where she was joined by Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dr. Ben Carson, in a moving panel that left a mark on this year’s amazing festivities, to discuss the dignity of every human […]