Weekly Update for June 9, 2018 from CWA’s Legislative Department

Washington, D.C. – This week amplified the call to defund Planned Parenthood with shocking new evidence of how abortion clinics have engaged in aiding abusers and intimidating employees from not reporting client sexual abuse. Live Action’s report, Aiding Abusers:  Planned Parenthood’s Cover-up of Child Sexual Abuse, compiles court cases, reports from state health departments, testimonies […]

AB 2943 Prayer Sheet

Please pray with us concerning AB 2943.   Click here for Prayer Sheet.  This will be distributed at the June 12 rally.

For Freedom – Join Us for a “Day of Action” at the State Capitol!

Concerned Women for America will be gathering with like-minded organizations at the State Capitol to pray and rally to oppose Assembly Bill 2943. Please join us on Tuesday, June 12! AB 2943 is an infringement on religious freedom and freedom of speech. It makes sexual orientation change therapy illegal for adults seeking to resolve unwanted […]

Conservative Women Celebrate Freedom as the U.S. Supreme Court Decides Masterpiece Cakeshop

Washington, D.C. – Minutes ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion (7-2) in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Penny Nance, President and CEO of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization had this to say: “The Court is right in recognizing that it ‘is the […]

CWA Field: Equipping the Next Generation

Penny Nance joined CWA of South Carolina, State Director Tonya Shellnutt in Greenville, South Carolina, this week to equip the next generation.  With over 40 women in attendance, ranging from college students to moms and grandmas, it was a wonderful and multi-generational collection of female leaders. The event focused on how each of us, no […]

Pompeo: Religious freedom is a Universal Human Right

This week, newly appointed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made international religious freedom “a front burner” issue for the U.S. Department of State, declaring it a “universal human right” for which the United States will fight around the world. These statements came in conjunction with the unveiling of the State Department’s 2017 International Religious Freedom […]

Title X Comment Period: Now Open!

You may remember last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new proposed rule governing the Title X program that has the potential to make an impact on the fight against Planned Parenthood’s government funding. Today is the first day of the 60-day comment period, and now we have a unique […]

Act Now! Title X Comment Period Now Open!

Just last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new proposed rule governing the Title X program that has the potential to make an impact on the fight against Planned Parenthood’s government funding. The Title X program is a voluntary grant program that was created to educate and provide family planning […]

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Passes the Illinois House

It was a sad day yesterday when our State House voted 72-45 to ratify the ERA.  The Senate passed it back in April. Our country is now only one state short of being able to amend the constitution, kind of.  Congress set a deadline of 1982 for three-fourths majority of state legislatures in order for […]

Last opportunity to DEFUND Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Dear Friend, DEADLINE: MAY 31 – Act now! Last year, HB 40, ILLINOIS’ TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTION BILL, became the law of the land, legalizing taxpayer-funded abortions and redefining a fetus, who is created in God’s image, as a non-human. The new law removes all prohibitions on using tax dollars for abortions under Medicaid and removes the […]

On Smartphones, It’s About You

Controversies are not uncommon to Facebook. This is why I usually don’t pay too much attention to them. But a friend made me notice the school teacher who posted what some of her students told her on a school assignment, and it is so sad it is worth noting. Did you see it? The teacher […]

CWA’s Senior Director of Government Relations Talks Title X

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed a proposal to update Title X grant requirements. These regulations would reinstate regulations similar to the “Reagan rules” which were upheld by the Supreme Court in 1991 in Rust v. Sullivan. These new regulations require physical and financial separation between Title X recipients and […]

May 25 Prayer/Action Alert – We Have Such Hope

Dear CWA of Washington Member, One of the verses Concerned Women for America likes to use often is from 2 Corinthians 3:12, “… since we have such hope we use great boldness of speech.”  There are several places where we can combine our hope and our prayers with great boldness of speech this summer. First, […]

Planned Parenthood is Looking for a Backdoor into North Dakota’s Schools

Throughout North Dakota, Planned Parenthood is offering Safe Spaces Teacher Training classes through North Dakota State University (NDSU) for free. This class is for kindergarten through 12th grade instructors.  Now, if they would like to take if for credit (teachers are always looking for credits when renewing their teacher’s licensees), Planned Parenthood has generously offered […]

Prayer Alert: Supreme Court of the United States Decision Soon to Affect Hawaii

We at CWA of Hawaii anxiously anticipate a decision from the Supreme Court of the United States on NIFLA v. Becerra regarding a current California law in which pro-life clinics must post printed notices in several languages urging women to contact state facilities where they can get a free or low-cost abortion.  In addition it […]