Redirect Funding Away from Planned Parenthood

(Found at argusleader.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor.) Linda D. Schauer, state director, Concerned Women for America of South Dakota, Leola Published 2:23 p.m. CT Jan. 12, 2017 A passionate leader in the eugenics movement, Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood. She and her fellow eugenicists held the belief that in order to create the best and brightest society, you must […]

Capitol Hill Brief — What Women Want

  What do women want in the next attorney general?  The same thing everyone else wants.  Someone we can trust with our family’s security.  Someone that will put our children first, and who will not play politics with their well-being. That is exactly what we have in Sen. Jeff Sessions. Concerned Women for America has […]

South Dakota Legislative Session Has Begun – Prayer and Action Needed

Dear Concerned Women for America (CWA) Friends, The 2017 South Dakota Legislative Session began yesterday, January 10. During this 38-day session, we urge all CWA members to participate as grassroots activists by praying and taking action when called upon by CWA of South Dakota. It is imperative that your state representatives hear from you concerning […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Support: Hearing Day 2

  We’ve heard some powerful testimony from all over the country in support of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Here is what a considerable group of state attorneys general said in a letter before the Senate Judiciary Committee: The challenges we face often cross state lines, and […]

Child Prostitution is No Longer Illegal in California?!

Law enforcement officers need to be able to do everything they can to keep minors who are the victims of sex trafficking safe. However, this is no longer possible thanks to our legislature and Governor Jerry Brown’s decision regarding child prostitution. Last September, Gov. Brown signed SB 1322 into law, decriminalizing child prostitution.  As of […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Prayer for Hearings: Day 1

  As you’ve heard from me for the last few days, the hearings for the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general of the United States start today. Would you join me in prayer for his nomination? There are powerful political forces investing considerable resources to smear his character.   We’ve talked […]

CWA of North Dakota State Director Visits Senator Heitkamp’s Office

As the state’s largest public policy women’s organization, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of North Dakota brought a message to U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s (D-North Dakota) Grand Forks office on Friday.  I met with one of her staff members and asked him to relay to her that the members of CWA of North Dakota request […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Despicable Me(dia)

  The mainstream media has not learned anything from the last election. As the hearings on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General are scheduled to begin tomorrow, the left is running silly with some old, discredited charges of racism. The racial innuendo is meant to intimidate and end the debate without looking at […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Despicable Me(dia)

  The mainstream media has not learned anything from the last election.  As the hearings on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General are scheduled to begin tomorrow, the left is running silly with some old, discredited charges of racism. The racial innuendo is meant to intimidate and end the debate without looking at […]

Support Texas Legislation to Protect the Privacy of Women and Children

Great News!  At a press conference on Thursday at our state Capitol in Austin, State Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R-District 18) alongside Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick, announced the filing of Senate Bill 6, called the Women’s Privacy Act. The State of Texas has a duty to protect the privacy, safety and dignity of all Texans, especially […]

Urgent Update on the Anti Biblical Marriage Bill

“And He answered and said to them, ‘Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning “made them male and female,” (Matthew 19:4) Thank you for contacting the State Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee in regards to SB 2043, a bill to amend North Dakota Century Code relating to the definition […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Exactly What We Need

  As the head of Concerned Women for America, reporters usually ask me what our women think about different topics.  And when it comes to the U.S. Attorney General nomination, nothing comes even close to public safety. That’s why President Trump’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions brings so much hope to the women I represent.  […]

Sen. Heitkamp should support Sessions for AG

Concerned Women for America of North Dakota State Director Linda Thorson’s letter to the editor in support of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination for U.S. Attorney General was published today in the state’s InForum newspaper.  Linda writes urging her Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) to look beyond partisan politics and support his nomination.