CWALAC Applauds the Senate for Taking Action to Defund Planned Parenthood
Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, Republican Senators, led by Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), will highlight legislation to protect women’s health and defund Planned Parenthood, S. 1881. The nation’s largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, currently receives federal funding: over one-half billion taxpayer dollars per year. An organization that claims to serve and protect women has repeatedly […]
Conservative Leaders Join in Opposition to the deal with Iran
Washington, D.C. – Today, conservative leaders joined together in support of a resolution of disapproval to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the so-called “deal” the Obama Administration made with Iran regarding its nuclear program. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), had this to say: “The content […]
Presidential Math
Quick! Someone Common Core this for me! Have you ever heard the one-liner, “Over 78% of statistics are made up on the spot”? Well, that joke has now made it to the White House — and the president loves to tell variations of it at his press conferences. Most recently, the president claimed that “99% […]
CWA Joins in Rally to Say ‘Enough is Enough! We Must Defund Planned Parenthood’
Washington, D.C. – The nation’s largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, currently receives federal funding: over one-half billion taxpayer dollars per year. An organization that claims to serve and protect women has repeatedly done the exact opposite. Concerned Women for America is joining other organizations around the nation to say “Enough is enough.” Planned Parenthood betrays […]
Protesting vs. Sidewalk Counseling
There are such noble reasons for protests. Truly there are. As I sit here, my office prepares to protest the so-called “deal” with Iran, which is really no deal at all, but an unwise and naïve concession. Protests matter. They start conversations. They move hearts. Some are crazy and violent and without a message (think […]
Dr. Bruchalski’s Road to Damascus Story
In the beginning of the pro-life movement, we first messaged our position in terms of saving the lives of the unborn, and rightly so. But the movement realized people needed to know that mothers were also cared for, so pregnancy centers and slogans like “Love Them Both” and “One Dead: One Wounded” started to become […]
Defending Planned Parenthood is Blindness
Nothing is beneath the horror of Planned Parenthood. This has got to stop! Why do we fund Planned Parenthood? Why does the government give Planned Parenthood over $528 million in taxpayer funding each year (that’s $1.4 million per day) when they had excess revenue of $127 million according to their last annual report and their […]
Penny Nance Responds to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Washington, D.C. — Penny Nance responds to White House press secretary Josh Earnest’s characterization of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee’s rally today in Lafayette Park as “pro-war.” Attending the rally was Armed Services Subcommittee Chairman Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and others. Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) CEO and President Penny […]
CWALAC Rally a Red, White, and Blue (and Pink!) Success!
The sound of flags unfurled and waving in the wind was the loudest sound we heard as we walked up to CWALAC’s rally, “Protesting a Bad Deal with Iran, American Hostages Left Behind.” The mood was tense. Surrounding the podium were members of the notoriously liberal Code Pink group. They had earlier shown up at […]
20 Important Quotes from MKB Management Corp. v. Stenehjem
The 8th Circuit affirms the striking down of ND’s Heartbeat Legislation. Here are 20 important quotes from the case: Because there is no genuine dispute that H.B. 1456 generally prohibits abortions before viability—as the Supreme Court has defined that concept—and because we are bound by Supreme Court precedent holding that states may not prohibit pre-viability […]
UPDATED: Protest Against the Bad Deal with Iran Which Leaves Behind Four Americans
Featuring Penny Nance, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rand Paul, and others Thursday July 23, 2015 | 12:00 p.m. Lafayette Park WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) will host a demonstration to address the Obama Administration’s deal with Iran and the fact that it leaves four American hostages behind. The event includes remarks from Sen. […]
CWALAC Calls for Congress to Pass a Resolution of Disapproval on the Iran Deal
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday morning, President Obama announced that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, reached an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), had this to say: “The content of this deal with Iran is greatly troubling. It’s […]
The Left has Left out Details (Again)
By now, you’ve heard the news circulating around the video which exposed Planned Parenthood’s disgraceful selling of aborted baby parts. One would think the other side would remain silent, for it would be absurd to comment on something that most Americans would agree is embarrassingly inhumane. Nonetheless, many pro-aborts are continuing to back Planned Parenthood,
YWA President Calls El Paso Churches to Action
Crystal Macias, Young Women for America (YWA) President at the University of Texas at El Paso, wrote a letter to encourage and convict the body of Christ to prayer and action on behalf of our nation. As a leader on her campus, she recognizes that the often used phrase “God Bless America”
Exposed! Planned Parenthood’s True Colors Continue to Surface
Washington, D.C. — The nation’s largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, currently receives federal funding — over one billion taxpayer dollars. Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America CEO and President, said today: “Thirty to one hundred dollars; that’s the price Planned Parenthood appears to be profiting per dead baby. The recent video of Planned Parenthood’s senior director of […]
Basic Guidelines for a Loving Conversation on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
Many Christian women are discouraged as we process the loss of the marriage battle at the Supreme Court, and rightly so. But 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 reminds us that, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” The passage goes […]
The End of Democracy?
After the Supreme Court decided to redefine marriage by invalidating the votes of millions of Americans who went to the voting booth to protect marriage as the union between one man and one woman, I asked myself, “Does democracy still exist?” My question was quickly answered by President Obama’s response to the ruling.
Administration Leaving Americans Behind in Final Iran Deal?
Washington, D.C. – A final deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program could be announced at any moment. Will Pastor Saeed and the other Americans imprisoned in Iran be left behind? Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, had this to say: […]
Forced Marriages: A Case of ‘Happily Never After’
Twenty: the number of minutes that Esther had to meet her husband before she was engaged and married off by her parents. Seventeen: the age that Esther was when she was married. Ten: the number of years that Esther was abused by her “husband.” During that span of time, not only did he rape her, but […]
What Now? The Morning After Same-Sex “Marriage”
A Great Disappointment Many people felt like me on Saturday after the marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges came down — a sense of loss and perhaps even fear. We trust God but maybe felt a little abandoned by Him. Perhaps some of you felt like someone expressed to me: “Thanks for nothing, God.” This […]