CWA Statement on Trump Administration’s Vaping announcement
We applaud President Trump for responding with common-sense actions to stem the tide of the youth vaping epidemic. Raising the tobacco age to 21 and instituting new enforcement policies against the manufacture, distribution and sale of flavored nicotine e-cigarette cartridges are essential steps. With these actions, the Trump administration sends an unequivocal message against the dangers […]
Happy New Year from CWA, Our Look Ahead for 2020
Through God’s grace and the help of supporters like you, the year 2019 was full of successes. The staff of CWA is gearing up for a productive 2020! This year, please pray for the following: From Legal: Continued success in the appointment of constitutional judges to federal courts. Protections of the right of conscience and […]
Nance: Christianity Today has Damaged the Christian Witness in America
CWA’s CEO and President, Penny Nance, penned the following opinion piece for The Washington Examiner about Christianity Today’s recent editorial opining that President Trump should be removed from office. “The recent Christianity Today editorial calling for President Trump’s impeachment was beneath the institution founded by Billy Graham. The magazine, frequently accused of a leftward drift, proved every critic correct with its […]
Concerned Women for America Cheers HHS Rule Ending Hidden Obamacare Abortion Surcharge
Washington, DC — Today the Trump Administration announced a final rulemaking that restores congressional intent in Obamacare to keep any coverage of abortion-related services separate from premiums for health care services. Section 1303 of the Affordable Care Act is now clarified to require that an abortion surcharge be collected separately from health care premiums. The […]
Tech Companies Should Not Side with Exploiters in the Name of Privacy
Amid the circus that is the impeachment, a very important hearing took place in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, “Encryption and Lawful Access: Evaluating Benefits and Risks to Public Safety and Privacy.” Most Americans would agree that child sexual predators should not be free to engage in their criminal activity online or on social media […]
Garrison and Traficant: Anti-Semitism is on the Rise
Concerned Women for America’s International Affairs team consisting of Dr. Shea Garrison and Ashley Traficant, published an article in The Hill showcasing how Anti-semitism is on the rise throughout the world. “Jeremy Corbyn, the soon-to-be former leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party, was defeated in a landslide election last week. But while Corbyn announced his resignation and […]
CWA LAC Applauds Trump Executive Order to Combat Anti-Semitism and BDS on College Campuses
President Trump will combat anti-Semitism on college campuses by signing an executive order enabling the government to withhold federal funds from universities allowing anti-Semitic activity. This order recognizes anti-Semitism as discrimination against Jews as a race or based on national origin, not only as a religious group, and a violation of U.S. Civil Rights. Concerned […]
Denny: How Trump Can Save Women’s Sports
Vice President for Government Relations, Doreen Denny published an opinion piece in the Washington Times calling for President Trump to step in and save women’s sports. “What’s happening right now in college sports should be a wakeup call to all American women. Title IX is under attack, and women’s sports are being compromised. Repeat assaults […]
On Human Rights Day, We Need to Protect our Young Women and Girls
Human Rights Day is a yearly celebration to remember the importance and necessity of the protection of unalienable rights. Today we call for the end of violence against women and girls and the protection of their basic human rights. Read Statement Here on Human Rights Day.
Penny Nance at the White House: The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Concerned Women for America at the White House. CWA CEO and President, Penny Nance, wearing one of the historic sashes, is a member of the bi-partisan Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. To commemorate the 100th year anniversary of women’s right to vote, a coin with some of the amazing women suffragists will be minted. […]
Penny Nance: White House Listening Session (Includes Video)
Our CEO and President Penny Nance was invited to attend a listening session on Vaping at the White House with President Trump. Watch as Penny Nance Introduces herself to the President and mentions our CWA Family: Watch as our CEO and President Penny Nance makes her comments to President Trump about the Vaping Issue: See […]
Tell Congress No to Funding Pro-Abortion Groups Overseas
Concerned Women for America opposes funding abortion oversees. Another Christmas shutdown looms over Capitol Hill. This week a Continuing Resolution moved the spending expiration deadline to December 20. This delay does not remedy serious and real problems in the appropriations process, like the Senate FY 2020 State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill that would undermine pro-life gains […]
Democrats Playing Election-Year Politics with the Violence Against Women Act
CWA’s Vice President of Government Relation, Doreen Denny wrote the following Op-Ed about the Violence Against Women Act. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California) spent months collaborating on a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Their attempts to bring bipartisanship back to the process after the House majority rejected such collaboration were […]
The UN Is Pushing Abortion On Developing Countries, But The Trump Administration Is Fighting Back
CWA’s Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Shea Garrison, wrote the following Op-Ed published in the Daily Caller. Once again, the United Nations is pushing abortion into developing countries under the guise of “accelerating” progress for women. And once again, the Trump administration is fighting back. Backed by Western organizations and money, the U.N. Population […]
Penny Nance on World Radio: TV Ratings Need Reform
(Story Begins at 8 minute mark and runs to 13 minutes.) CEO and President Penny Nance weighed in on The World and Everything in It radio this week on the subject of TV Ratings. The host commented: “Television content for kids has more and more profanity and violence in it and the T-V ratings stay […]
Proposed Soft Ban on Flavored E-Cigarette, Vaping-Devices Prudent Move, Our Children Will Thank us for it One Day…
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar earlier this month announced that the White House is revisiting and enhancing an Obama-era rule that, in an effort to protect consumers, would clamp down on flavored e-cigarettes and vaping devices readily available on the market. “The Trump administration is making it clear that we intend to clear […]
Penny Nance: Fight Against Sex Trafficking and Child Porn Could be Hurt by Change to Internet
CEO and President Penny Young Nance wrote an opinion piece recently for Foxnews.com explaining how a new standard could have implications in protecting children on the Internet: Google and Mozilla recently announced plans to begin testing a new standard that would encrypt the Domain Name System, often referred to as “the address book of the Internet.” […]
CWA Panel Advocates to Capitol Hill: How Human Rights are Best Protected in Foreign Policy
Last week Concerned Women for America was on Capitol Hill advocating for the proper role of foreign policy in protecting human rights. The CWA and Heritage Foundation cosponsored panel was featured by Faith and Law and titled “Divisible, Not Incompatible: Strengthening Human Rights by Preventing Their Politicization”. CWA’s Vice President of International Affairs Dr. Shea […]
Katie Hill’s Exit Renews #MeToo Anxiety in Washington
CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance weighs in on Representative Katie Hill’s resignation in an interview with Susan Crabtree of Real Clear Politics. “Katie Hill, part of the ambitious group of women who helped hand Democrats the House majority last year, was expected to break a lot of boundaries when she came to Washington — […]
Concerned Women for America LAC Supports Graham Resolution on Impeachment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2019 Contact: Toni DeLancey Direct Line: (202) 266-4816 | Mobile: (202) 527-3434 STATEMENT by CWA CEO & President Penny Nance “The blatant partisan impeachment effort underway in the U.S. House of Representatives is not happening in a vacuum. It is not an organic response to impartial concerns for the country. […]