CWA/YWA Speak on Biblical Femininity at Liberty University

Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) Young Women for America (YWA) National Director, Faith Ozenbaugh and I, CWA’s House Legislative Strategist, had the privilege of visiting Liberty University on Tuesday to participate in a “Hot Topic” panel discussion on the masculinity and femininity crisis. Josiah Schrock, a Turning Point board member at Liberty, and local Pastor […]
Big Abortion’s Big Lie: The Truth About Planned Parenthood’s Collapse

While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s one-year Medicaid moratorium may deal a significant blow to big abortion providers, it would be a mistake not to point out that Planned Parenthood (i.e., the nation’s largest abortion provider) has been in a steady state of decline for decades. The defund provision could hit the corporation’s finances […]
CWA Applauds the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Move to End Taxpayer Funding of Abortions

Just three months after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Former President Biden issued an illegal directive to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ordering the VA to include abortions among Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) and VA healthcare benefits. CWA voiced strong criticism of the 2022 rule […]
A rare win for women’s sports — but it could vanish overnight

Last month, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee silently complied with President Donald Trump’s February executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The committee amended its policies to define women’s sports categories on the basis of biological sex and directed its affiliate national governing bodies “to ensure that women have a fair and safe […]
100 Days of Promises Made, Promises Kept

Donald Trump was the very first presidential candidate to sign Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee’s (CWALAC) Presidential Promise to American Women. This week, we’re celebrating 100 days of now-President Trump fulfilling that promise. One of the most iconic images from the past few months happened on February 5, when President Trump, surrounded by […]
How Congress can Help Families in Times of Economic Turbulence

Between the chaos of the COVID pandemic and the out-of-control inflation caused by Biden-era policies, Americans have taken a hit to their pocketbooks over the past several years. In a recent study, nearly 59% said that they do not have enough savings to cover an unexpected $1000 expense. And while President Trump’s financial strategy may […]
Senate Democrats Block Women’s Sports Bill

This past Monday night, Senate Democrats blocked the opportunity for Congress to permanently protect women’s sports from men who believe they are women and desire to compete in female categories based on their subjective feelings. Sponsored by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would have codified the original […]
After White House Moves to Protect Women’s Sports, All Eyes Turn to the Senate

With the stroke of a pen, President Trump did more for women’s rights than any other politician in decades. His executive order banning men from women’s sports sent a signal not just to athletic programs in the U.S. but across the world that gender ideology will no longer be allowed to rob women of their […]
Senate Tees Up Bill To Protect Women’s Sports

The side of truth and common sense is winning in the gender ideology war. After years of fighting to protect women’s sports at the federal level, a bill will soon be voted out of the Senate and sent to the White House that will finally do just that. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reintroduced the Protection […]
Significant Conservative Wins in Final NDAA Strengthen Military

After months of closed-door negotiations, Congress has released the long-awaited final text for the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA). Thanks to the work of our allies on the Hill and your many phone calls and emails, the final bill is a win for women, families, and the future of the nation. […]
CWA-YWA Leaders Rally in Historic Stand Against Discrimination in Women’s Sports

This week, Concerned Women for America (CWA) and Young Women for America (YWA) leaders united with a broad coalition of groups at the annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in Phoenix, Arizona, to rally in defense of dignity for women in sports. They were there to demand the NCAA protect them against […]
CWA Raises Serious Concerns with Biden Admin New ADA Proposed Rule

In official comments to Secretary Xavier Becerra and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Concerned Women for America (CWA), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, raises serious concerns about the practical applications of “gender dysphoria” as a disability under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The proposed rule, Discrimination on the Basis […]
OUT NOW: What Is a Woman? Unpacking the SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings With Sen. Marsha Blackburn

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) joins Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America to discuss the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson and her inability to define “woman.” Listen to the podcast below. Check out more Concerned Women Today podcasts here.
Nance in Newsweek: What Does ‘Woman’ Mean?

Nance’s latest op-ed comes in response to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s inability to even define “woman” in her confirmation hearings last week. Her insistence that, because she was not a biologist, she was incapable of distinguishing between a male and a female makes one wonder how Judge Jackson will be able to make […]
OUT NOW: Protecting the Privacy and Rights of Female Athletes With Kara Dansky

Kara Dansky joins Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America to discuss the women’s sports issue and how we can protect the privacy and rights of women in today’s upside-down world. Check out more Concerned Women Today podcasts here.
Nance in Christian Post: Women Should be Appalled China is Holding the Olympic Torch

Right before the start of the Winter Olympics, China tried to clean up decades of horrific treatment of women and pushed “equality” messaging. But China’s ancient views that women are subclass are still prominent. If there is no respect for human life, or for human rights, there can never be equality. Countries around the world […]
Congress Continues to Fail Women by Denying their Biological Reality in VAWA Protections

For media inquiries, contact: Katie Everett(571) [email protected] Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) has a long history of championing the rights of women to be protected from sexual exploitation. We stood strong for women survivors of rape and demanded that rape kits be prioritized in forensic testing under the Debbie […]
Statement for the Afghan Women and Girls Rally

I saw a video posted by the New York Times of an Afghan woman named Crystal Bayat. On August 19th she helped organize a protest to celebrate Afghanistan independence. At great risk to her life, she and six other women marched through the streets of Afghanistan raising their country’s flag in defiance of the Taliban. […]
CWA Still Committed to the Principles of our Founding

Precisely forty-two years ago, in 1978, Beverly LaHaye held the first Concerned Women for America (CWA) meeting in San Diego, California, to educate women about the threats presented by the so-called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). More than 1,200 attended. It was the beginning of what would become the largest public policy organization for women in […]
Recent Dept. of Educ. Ruling: CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC) Policy Allowing Biological Males to Compete in Women’s Sports Violates Title IX

CWA’s Vice President of Government Relations appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss the recent Department of Education ruling that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC) policy allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports violates Title IX. She was featured along with Christiana Holcomb, Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. Listen to […]