Tell Gov. Rauner to VETO the Health Care Right of Conscience Bill

SB 1564 – the Health Care Right of Conscience Bill –as mentioned in April — has passed both the Illinois House and Senate. It will require pro-life physicians and hospitals as well as crisis pregnancy centers to discuss the “benefits” of abortion and refer the patient to a place where they can get an abortion. […]

Fourteen Illinois Congressmen Vote to Ratify Obama’s Transgender Executive Order

Bad news: Wednesday night in the nation’s capital, 43 Republicans helped pass an amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5055) offered by Rep. Sean Maloney (D-New York) which codified Obama’s transgender Executive Order (13672) seeking to trample religious liberty and force anyone involved in business to affirm the transgender lifestyle. Additional bad […]

Immediate Action is Needed to Stop Two Bad Pieces of Legislation in Illinois!

#1 SR1752 for Unisex Bathrooms Awaits Vote in Illinois Senate SR1752, a non-binding Senate Resolution condemning the General Assemblies of North Carolina and Mississippi in regard to upholding the usage of men and women’s multi-use bathrooms according to biological sex, passed out of the Human Services Committee yesterday and is awaiting a vote in the […]

Traditional Marriage Plank Prevails at the Illinois GOP Convention!

Great news! A super majority voted to keep the 2012 traditional marriage plank at the May 20-22, 2016, Illinois GOP Convention! A special “Thank you!” to all those who responded to our last e-alert concerning this issue. Delegates crowded the Illinois GOP Platform Committee Meeting as members debated whether the 2012 one-man, one-woman marriage plank […]

Transgender bathrooms in Illinois Public Schools?

NOT ON OUR WATCH! Demand Obama’s overreach be ignored! Demand that HB4474 – “The Bathroom Bill” receives a public hearing in the Illinois Fall Veto Session. On Friday, May 13, the Obama administration issued orders calling for all public schools and universities to permit transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender […]

CWA of Illinois Supports the National Day of Prayer – Thursday, May 5, 2016

The 65rd annual National Day of Prayer (NDP) is Thursday, May 5, 2016 – a day set aside by Congress in 1988 for citizens to take time out from their daily schedules to pray for their communities, their nation, and their leaders. Dr. Tony Evans, 2016 National Day of Prayer Honorary Chairman, wrote a special […]

Give the ERA a Knockout Punch in Illinois in 2016

ERA – the Constitutional Amendment that is technically dead has been resuscitated for the 15th time in Illinois as SJRCA-24, U.S. Constitution Equal Rights Amendment.  A committee hearing is scheduled next Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the Illinois Senate.  Click here for more information. History of ERA for those who are too […]

DAY OF SILENCE – Hijacking of Illinois Classrooms for Political Purposes

The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has designated April 15 as the Day of Silence – a day where public school students are encouraged to refuse to speak for an entire school day including during class. The event is to encourage sympathy and support of homosexual and transgender students whose behaviors have been […]

CWA of Illinois Issues in Focus meeting Recap

The 2016 CWA Issues in Focus Series was kicked off on February 29, 2016, at the Stephenson County Farm Bureau in Freeport, Illinois, with our guest Rev. Robert Vanden Bosch, CEO of  Concerned Christian Americans. Rev. Bob spoke on a variety of topics ranging from his personal experiences with legislators during his 30 tenure as […]

Christmas Greetings and Thanks from CWA of Illinois!

Greetings Dear Friends! We at Concerned Women for America of Illinois wish you and your family a blessed and joyous Christmas season with hope in Christ for the New Year. We thank you for your continued prayers and support helping to promote traditional family values and Judeo-Christian principles throughout our state this year. We have […]

Illinois Legislators Need Our Prayers. Be Part of Our Encourage-A-Legislator Project.

We are seeking intercessors for the CWA of Illinois Encourage-A-Legislator (EAL) Project for the 2016 General Assembly Session in Springfield.  This is the 100th Illinois General Assembly. EAL is a program of encouragement and prayer for our Illinois legislators. It involves: Sending a postcard every month and praying earnestly for a randomly assigned legislator CWA […]

CWA of Illinois Among 13 Pro-Life Organizations Confronting Senator Kirk

Picture posted with permission from Illinois Family Institute A group comprised of 13 Pro-Life Organizations called on U.S. Senator Mark Kirk to vote to end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Thursday, September 7, 2015.  Their demands were met with resistance from the senator’s office. “Senator Kirk believes that access to contraception […]

Women Speak Out: Pro-Life Organizations to Rally Outside Senator Mark Kirk’s Chicago Office

Join CWA of Illinois and other Illinois pro-life leaders this coming Thursday, September 3, for a press conference outside of Sen. Mark Kirk’s Chicago office. Earlier this month, Sen. Kirk voted AGAINST defunding Planned Parenthood despite undercover evidence of America’s largest abortion provider harvesting and haggling over the body parts of aborted children. Sen. Kirk […]

Illinois House Files Resolution to Investigate State Planned Parenthood Clinics

Great News! Republican House members and one Downstate Democrat have filed resolution HR0671 to investigate Illinois’ Planned Parenthood clinics in Illinois. The resolution is the result of recent undercover videos containing Colorado and California Planned Parenthood official’s conversations about the selling of aborted baby organs and tissue and your unrelenting pressure on our Illinois legislators. View […]