PRESS RELEASE: Planned Parenthood Announces New President, Dr. Leana Wen

Washington, D.C. — Today, Planned Parenthood announced their new President, Dr. Leana Wen. Dr. Wen has a medical background having been an emergency room doctor and Baltimore’s health commissioner. Her background as a political activist leaves little hope that Planned Parenthood will leave the abortion industry behind. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America […]

CWA Supports Grassley at Tense Town Hall Meeting in Iowa

Monday, CWA’s Iowa State Director, Tamara Scott, Iowa native and National Field Director, Janae Stracke, and a handful of other CWA of Iowa supporters attended Sen. Grassley’s (R-Iowa) 99th Town Hall Meeting, which concluded his 38th annual 99 county tour. As expected, the meeting was filled with liberal protesters and contention over the issue of […]

Last-Ditch Effort from Dems to Obstruct Judge Kavanaugh’s Confirmation

Washington, D.C. — Today, Sen. Feinstein (D-California) released a statement saying she referred an anonymous letter to federal investigative authorities concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. The contents of the letter are unknown. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America issued the following statement in response: “CWA just wrapped up four days […]

Black Women Are Betraying Their Sisters on Abortion

One group of black women are peddling the belief that abortion is “self-care,” that it benefits women and their families. This snake oil is being sold by The Afiya Center (TAC), which put these slogans on a giant billboard in Texas. As a free-thinking, informed and intuitive black woman, I don’t buy it. My child did not […]

CWA of Iowa State Director Responds to Protesters in Sen. Grassley’s (R-Iowa) Office

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, CWA of Iowa State Director, Tamara Scott, was inside her Senator’s office when a swarm of protesters came to hold a sit-in protesting Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Judge Kavanaugh. Tamara Scott, CWA of Iowa State Director, issued the following statement:  “Thursday I was in Sen. Grassley’s office before heading to the Kavanaugh […]

Field Update: CWA State Leaders at Kavanaugh Hearing

This week some of our state leaders who helped with our Women for Kavanaugh bus tour were able to fly to D.C. to be present at Judge Kavanaugh’s hearings. These women were able to sit in for portions of the hearings and prayed over all of the proceedings. While in town, they all made use […]

Kavanaugh: calm in the midst of chaos

Walking into the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building the first day of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing was absolutely not what was expected. It’s just a year and a half past the confirmation hearing of Justice Gorsuch which was pivotal and exciting in its own right, but largely uneventful. This go around has been […]

Kavanaugh Confirmation Legislative Update: What Now?

The Kavanaugh hearings have officially come to an end after no shortage of political theater by both Senators and paid disrupters. There’s still a lot that needs to happen before he can be confirmed. The Senate Judiciary Committee must give his nomination either a favorable or unfavorable recommendation to the entire Senate. This vote in […]

PRESS RELEASE – Kavanaugh Hearing Wraps Up Day One

Washington, D.C. – Today was the first day of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. The morning had a contentious start with interruptions from Democrats and protestors in the audience. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) started by asking for the meeting to be cancelled entirely while Sen. Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) waited his turn […]

Kavanaugh Hearings Scheduled for September 4-7. Contact Your Senators Today!

Immediately following Labor Day when much of Washington returns to a normal schedule, the Senate will hold a week of hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court.  It’s a moment for which CWA has been waiting – and working.  As the Women for Kavanaugh bus […]

Chairman Grassley Announces Kavanaugh Hearings to begin September 4

Washington D.C. — Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that the hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States will begin on September 4. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, issued the following statement:  “We applaud Senator Chuck Grassley for swiftly moving […]

Pro-Religious Liberty Measure Awaits Needed Action in Congress

The House and Senate are out of session this week but will face a crucial religious freedom question when they both return.  Last month the House  Appropriations Committee adopted a pro-religious liberty amendment modeled after the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (H.R. 1881, S.811) in its markup of the Labor-HHs appropriations bill.  This legislation in no […]

PRESS RELEASE: Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii choose Planned Parenthood over care for women

Washington, D.C. — On July 31, the public comment period ended on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services new Protect Life Rule which requires physical and financial separation between abortion services and Title X dollars. Since then, 14 states have threatened to sue the federal government while the governors of Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii […]

PRESS RELEASE: #WomenforKavanaugh Bus Tour to Hit Eight States, Rally Conservative Women

Washington, D.C. — Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, will kick off the #WomenforKavanaugh Bus Tour on August 8 in Des Moines, Iowa. The eight-state bus tour will rally conservative women to use their voices to support Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States. “This is the […]

Title X comment period ends with thousands of comments supporting Protect Life Rule

Thank you all so much for your participation and work submitting comments to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the administration’s proposed Title X rule. The comment period for this rule closed on Tuesday. Just a refresher, Title X is a voluntary grant program that was enacted in the 70s to provide low […]

Abortion is no laughing matter

In 1997, my mother was nineteen years old, on a path to throwing her life away, and found herself impregnated by a man she barely knew. He denied her. He denied I was his. Her parents shunned her in extreme disappointment and urged her to have an abortion, because she would be unable to care […]

YWA in Israel: Gaza and Tel Aviv (Days 9 & 10)

DAY 9 This was one of the most impactful visits for our bus! We drove from Jerusalem to the border of the Gaza Strip and toured Nativa Elseron, a Kibbutz right on the border. A woman from the community, Ronni, shared her story and the realities of living on the border with constant threats, bomb […]

YWA in Israel: Patriarchs, Kings, Prophets and the Jewish State (Days 7 & 8)

DAY 7: Patriarchs, Kings, Prophets Our morning began in the historic Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. It encapsulates exactly what you picture Jerusalem to be. Compared to the other quarters in the Old City, it is calm and quiet while simultaneously bustling and full of life. We walked through the City of David, parts of which […]

#WomenforKavanaugh gearing up for state battles

This week has been full of #WomenforKavanaugh campaign planning and strategizing, and our excitement continues to build! CWA’s National Field Director, Janae Stracke, and General Counsel, Mario Diaz, have been on the phone with state leaders in key states to discuss local events, billboard ads, radio time, opinion editorials, and rallies in their states. When […]