Urgent! Georgia Senate Advances Religious Freedom Bill – We Are Almost There!

The Georgia Senate passed an improved version of HB 757, the Pastor Protection Act, on Friday, February 19, 2016. The Senate amended the bill to include the First Amendment Defense Act, which provides broad-based religious protections for all Georgians.  HB 757, as passed out of the Senate, would strengthen religious liberty protections in state law […]

Thoughts on Scalia’s Passing and Our Future

I’ve come to the Supreme Court of the United States today to pay my respects to a special man, Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia. As I stand here in front of the Supreme Court in the nation’s capital, watching this incredibly somber scene, I think of what this moment might mean for the country.

‘Life-Enhancing’ Techniques Costing Lives

It is a sad day in history when a genetically modified burrito garners higher concern than a genetically modified baby. Recently, President Obama removed language from the proposed FY 2017 budget which was previously included in the FY 2016 Omnibus to protect against the genetic manipulation of human embryos. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama)

CWA of South Dakota Reports – Victory in the Senate!

“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.” – Noah Webster We are pleased to report that HB1008, the student privacy bill, passed in the Senate yesterday afternoon with a vote of 20-15.  Click here to see how your senator voted.  If your senator […]

‘A Threat to American Democracy’

The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the greatest legal minds to ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, represents for us a constitutional crisis.

CWA’s Legal Counsel @ In the Press with Lizzy Nelson

MRC Latino presents the inaugural edition of “In the Press with Lizzy Nelson.” For the first of this biweekly, bilingual series, anchor Lizzy Nelson interviews Mario Díaz, General Counsel of Concerned Women for America

URGENT! South Dakota Student Restroom Privacy Bill Vote Tuesday

HB1008, An Act to restrict access to certain restrooms and locker rooms in public schools, otherwise known as the student privacy bill, passed in the Senate Education Committee today with a vote of 4-2.  Check the votes here.  (We wanted a YES vote.) HB1008 will be debated and voted on in the full Senate Tuesday afternoon, […]

Impugn the Court, not CMP

The Houston grand jury and District Attorney’s office investigating Planned Parenthood indicted the Center for Medical Progress’ (CMP) David Daleiden instead of Planned Parenthood. We saw in Part Two how this situation is a violation of the freedom of the press; now this court is threatening the integrity of our legal system. These are two […]

CWA of Washington February 11 Action Alert – Commit to the LORD Whatever You Do…

Dear CWA of Washington Member, “Commit to the LORD whatever you do and your plans will succeed.”  Proverb 16:3 As a public policy organization, Concerned Women for America does not engage in partisan politics.  Instead, we apply Biblical principles to the public policies proposed or enacted by elected legislators, thus promoting and protecting those principles, […]

Heffernan v. City of Paterson in Brief

FACTS: Petitioner, Jeffrey Heffernan, was a police officer for the City of Paterson, New Jersey. He alleges that his mother requested that he, on behalf of her, pick up a yard sign for the mayor’s principal opponent in the local mayoral election. While picking up this yard sign, Heffernan was observed by a fellow officer […]

The Importance of Investigative Journalism

The recent indictment made against the Center for Medical Progress is ethically questionable on so many levels.  It is clear now that the battle is of a spiritual nature, and Satan doesn’t like it when his works of darkness are exposed.  In the civic realm, the freedom of the press and the discipline of investigative […]

All-Out ‘Equality’ in the Military Is an Ideological Fallacy

The GOP candidates were prepared for anything the moderators might throw at them at last week’s debate in New Hampshire. From immigration to what toppings Megyn Kelly likes on her pizza, they were ready. But when asked about whether they agree with instituting a female-integrated draft, they started to squirm.

CWA of South Dakota Legislative Update – Another Victory in the House

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9) STUDENT PRIVACY BILL HB1008, the student privacy bill will be voted on in the Senate Education Committee Thursday, February 11.  Please contact members of that committee and urge them […]