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 […]
Nance: 2022 is the Year of the Parent
Concerned Women for America’s CEO and President, Penny Nance, joined The Victory Channel to discuss the recall of three San Francisco school board members and the upcoming battle to save women’s sports. Listen to the full interview below.
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. […]
The Spiritual War Against Children

I have pleaded with you before to realize that secular humanists are systematically targeting our children for indoctrination. A recent op-ed titled “Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it.” in one of our nation’s most prestigious newspapers, The Washington Post, helps stress the urgency of the call to stand up and fight […]
Freedom Rings Again in Philadelphia with Big First Amendment Win at U.S. Supreme Court

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2021 Contact: Jacklyn Washington 202-748-3501, [email protected] Freedom Rings Again in Philadelphia with Big First Amendment Win at U.S. Supreme Court Washington, D.C. – Conservative women celebrate the just-released U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the […]
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 […]
Despite Bad Ruling at the Supreme Court, HHS Issues Final Rule Upholding Traditional Definition of Sex

Last year, President Trump, through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), proposed a rule to overturn an erroneous interpretation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that redefined the word “sex” to include “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.” Concerned Women for America supporters mobilized in support of this change, submitting some 2,000 comments […]
Supreme Court Rewrites Law to Appease PC Police, Again

Washington, D.C. — The United States Supreme Court has released its decision in the Title VII cases Harris v. EEOC, Bostock v. Clayton County, and Altitude Express v. Zarda. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) made the following comments: “The majority of the Court has effectively destabilized protections for women in federal law with […]
Justice, Not Chaos Needed for a More Perfect Union

CWA has signed onto the below Conservative Action Project’s (CAP) Memo for the Movement entitled “Justice, Not Chaos Needed for a More Perfect Union.” “Conservatives are confronting a country at unrest. Peaceful demonstrations over the unjustified murder of George Floyd have turned violent, exploited by individuals and organizations using Floyd’s death to pursue their own […]
CWALAC Endorses Tina Ramirez for the U.S. House of Representatives for the 7th District of Virginia

Washington, D.C. — Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, has endorsed Tina Ramirez for U.S. House of Representatives for the 7th District of Virginia. Penny Nance, CEO and President of CWALAC, said: “The 2020 election will be a defining moment in American history at the pinnacle […]
Heritage President Kay James on Race in America after George Floyd

In late May, the nation went from Coronavirus lock-down to racial unrest in a matter of moments. After George Floyd’s tragic death by a white policeman, we watched in horror as day after day peaceful protests turned to violent riots and looting. CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance speaks to Kay Cole James, the President […]
In Defense of Kay Coles James

CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance teamed up with Susan B. Anthony List’s President Marjorie Dannenfelser on the following opinion article published in Real Clear Politics defending Kay Coles James after her comments were criticized in the media. “As pro-life women leaders we have particular revulsion at the murder of George Floyd, a precious human […]
Conservative Leaders Offer Principles to Counter Biased Social Media

The Free Speech Alliance (FSA), a coalition in which CWA participates, responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order addressing social media platforms’ bias against conservatives by releasing the following statement setting out four principles these platforms need to adopt. Read the Entire Response and Four Principles Here
Penny Nance Prays for our Nation Amid Riots in Nation’s Capital and Around the Country

CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance prayed at the Lincoln Memorial for our Nation on a Facebook Live Monday following several days of dangerous riots across the country. Watch the Entire Facebook Live and Penny’s Prayer for Our Nation Here:
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 […]
Victory in Women’s Sports Civil Rights Case Carries Warning: Don’t Deny Female Athletes Equal Opportunity

Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America (CWA) applauds the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for taking a significant step in the fight to protect the integrity of women’s sports. The ED Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has correctly ruled that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and associated schools are in violation of Title […]