For America (Day 86)

Oh Lord, our God, Keenly aware of our blessed state, We come before You with grateful hearts, Full of humility and awareness of Your goodness. May Your name be praised In every corner of our land, As we remember Your works of old And witness the miracles of life. Not because of who we are, […]

President Trump Delivering on Judges

Washington, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump has just announced he is adding five more names (Judge Amy Barrett, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Judge Kevin Newsome, Justice Britt Grant and Justice Patrick Wyrick) to his already solid list of possible United States Supreme Court Justices. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America had this to […]

What is the Congress up to on Tax Reform?

On Thursday the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and sent it over to the Senate. Earlier this week, the Senate introduced their own version of a tax cut bill.  The Senate Finance Committee sent out for a vote a tax plan that raises the Child Tax Credit from $1000 to […]

CWA Prepares for the Supreme Court

Fresh off our brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) legal team is already working on our next amicus (friend of the court) brief to be submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.  This week, the Court said it would hear arguments in National Institute of Family and […]

What happened when the left thought I would be joining the Trump Administration

A couple of years ago, while appearing on CNN with Van Jones, former Obama Administration Special Adviser for Green Energy, he shared something personal. In a moment of transparency, the Yale-educated lawyer said that the public smearing he received during his tenure as the Green Energy Czar “felt like someone ripped off [his] face and […]

Victory for Children, Families, CWA, the Pro-Life Community and Our Nation

The Adoption Tax Credit is saved! We told you recently about some rumblings at the Capitol where some congressmen were considering dropping this important adoption incentive.  As Penny Nance, our CEO & President, told Axios, we immediately went to “work to clean up the mistake” and that is precisely what we did. Concerned Women for […]

Adoption Tax Credit Restored

Washington, D.C. – Today the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduced a manager’s amendment to the Tax Cuts and Job Act which reinstated the Adoption Tax Credit. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America had this to say: “We are thankful to see that, as of today, the Adoption Tax […]

Trump, Senate Laying a Strong Foundation for the Third Branch

Although you may be frustrated with the U.S. Senate’s work in other areas, on judicial nominations they are working hard and achieving much progress under the leadership of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Five judicial nominees in four days last week is no small feat, given that Democrats are […]

Shalane Flanagan: A Great Role Model for Women

Shalane Flanagan was virtually unknown outside of the elite running world until yesterday, when she won the New York City Marathon, the first American woman to do so in the women’s competition since the late 1970s. And she did it by running a minute faster than the second-place finisher, Kenyan Mary Keitany. If that doesn’t […]

Please Tell Me You Are Not Trying to Get Rid of the Adoption Tax Credit

Getting rid of the adoption tax credit is a bad idea.  Trying to do so during National Adoption Month is just unthinkable. But that is exactly what the GOP is considering as they debate tax reform. It’s a stark contrast.  President Donald J. Trump’s proclamation of November as National Adoption Month is a beautiful display […]

For America (Day 85)

In You, O Lord, we trust and take refuge. When all else is unreliable and enemies assail us, Be to us a Rock of refuge, That we may stand firm and endure, That we may be bold in lifting Your name Above all others, That we may lift our voices in thanksgiving To the God […]

House Republicans unveil tax reform

Washington D.C. – Today the House Ways and Means Committee unveiled the Republican tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Job Act.  Among many changes, it was revealed that a typical family of four earning $59,000 (median household income) will receive a $1,182 tax cut. The child tax credit will be raised to $1,600 per […]

Dogma Lives On, For Now

It’s a big win for religious liberty and Concerned Women for America (CWA) this week, as the U.S. Senate confirmed by a vote of 55-43 Prof. Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. A big “thank you” to all of our CWA members who made their voices heard on this […]

Senate must confirm abundantly qualified Amy Barrett

Penny Nance joins McConnell, Senate Republicans & Religious Liberty Groups for Press Conference TODAY Washington, D.C. – On Monday, October 30, 2017, Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, joins Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), other Republican Senators and religious liberty groups to hold a press conference […]

Scott Lloyd, Director of ORR – champion and advocate for children in his care

There is no constitutional right for a pregnant minor to illegally cross the U.S. border and get an elective abortion while in a taxpayer funded federal program. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that compels HHS to facilitate elective abortions for minors placed in taxpayer funded programs after they were apprehended illegally crossing into […]

Federal appeals court forces taxpayers to finance and facilitate Jane Doe’s abortion

Washington, D.C. — Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 6-3 decision, cleared the way for a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant held in detention in Texas to receive an abortion. Penny Nance, CEO & President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), had this to say: “Allowing our taxpayers to be entangled in financing and facilitating an […]

BREAKING: Religious Liberty Flourishes; Sky Does Not Fall

In case you haven’t heard, the Little Sisters of the Poor are now free to “offer the neediest elderly of every race and religion a home where they will be welcomed as Christ, cared for as family and accompanied with dignity until God calls them to himself.” I know, “horrible.” They should have been punished with […]

Press Call Today: Pro-life Leaders Discuss Case of Teenage Jane Doe

Washington, D.C. – National pro-life leaders Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) and Penny Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for America will hold a press call today to discuss the Trump administration’s appeal of a court ruling ordering the U.S. government to facilitate an elective abortion for an undocumented teenage girl from […]

America must not become UberAbortion for Illegal Immigrants

Washington, D.C. — Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, has just ruled the U.S. government must provide access to an abortion for an undocumented minor or be held in contempt. Penny Nance, CEO & President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), had this to say: “If there […]