Legislative Update for April 11, 2014
House Debbie Smith Reauthorization: CWALAC is pleased the House reauthorized the Debbie Smith Act. The Debbie Smith Act provides funds to state and local law enforcement agencies to perform DNA testing on rape kits. Testing rape kits is crucial to taking dangerous criminals off the streets and bringing justice and closure to rape victims. The […]
Paycheck Fairness Act (S.2199) Opposition Letter
While the President’s 77 cent myth makes a good talking point, that number ignores the variables that are unique to the choices women make, which differ from men, in their work/life balance. Read CWALAC’s letter (click here) of opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.2199) that would harm women in the workforce.
Mozilla’s Culture War Is a Bad Model for Business
The decision to remove Mozilla CEO Brandon Eich is not good for anyone on any side of the culture war.
CWA Disappointed Supreme Court Won’t Hear Elane Photography Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE CWA Disappointed Supreme Court Won’t Hear Elane Photography Case
Washington – A Man of Prayer: How You Can Participate
Penny Nance, CWA CEO and President, and Kenda Bartlett, CWA Executive Director, will be participating in the third Washington – A Man of Prayer event in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.
Legislative Update for April 4, 2014
House Abstinence Day on the Hill: On April 3, Shari Rendall joined National Abstinence Education Association and Family Research Council to host a Hill briefing for 45 staffers on abstinence education. The briefing highlighted the importance of sexual risk avoidance. In addition, we were joined by Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Illinois). He and Rep. Dan Lipinski […]
Paycheck Fairness Fact Sheet (S.84)
Good public policy should promote “work/life balance” and recognize that women want working circumstances that will allow them flexibility.To read more, click here.
Hobby Lobby Arguments Expose Liberal Deception on Little Sisters of the Poor
When the arguments for the Hobby Lobby case at the Supreme Court were over, liberals who swore up and down that the Little Sisters of the Poor already get an exemption from the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare were exposed.
Concerned Women for America Speaks Up Against Discrimination
Ethnic discrimination and intimidation are not forms of activism. That is why Concerned Women for America (CWA) CEO and President Penny Nance wrote a letter last week to Ms. Mary Sue Coleman, president of the University of Michigan.
Iran Names 1979 U.S. Embassy Hostage-Taker Its UN Envoy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Iran Names 1979 U.S. Embassy Hostage-Taker Its UN Envoy
Photographer Religious Liberty Case Continues
[9:30 am Update] Once again, the Court did not make a decision on whether to hear the case today. Let us continue to pray for the Justices as they consider it in the days to come.
Do You Lose Your Religious Freedom for Making a Profit?
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius oral argument recap
Freedom of Conscience and Religious Liberty
What if the federal government ordered you to act against your conscience – to take part in something you believed to be objectively wrong – or else be punished with huge fines?
[LBB] Photographer Religious Liberty Case Continues
Our prayers for marriage and religious liberty continue. We expected to hear today from the Supreme Court on whether they would grant cert., meaning that they would agree to hear, the case of Elane Photography v. Willock.
Stand with CWA to Support Religious Freedom!
Tomorrow, March 25, there will be rally at the United States Supreme Court for oral arguments on the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood religious liberty cases. These cases challenge the Obama Administration’s “contraceptive” mandate, requiring Christian businesses to violate their consciousness and provide abortifacients to their employees.
Ten-Year Prison Term for Con Artist
Noting that “He is deceitful to the very core, and that type of conduct simply cannot stand,” Judge Ronald Guzman sentenced TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau to 10 years for repeatedly misrepresenting the contents of his diet book and collectively defrauding the public of over $37 million.
Another Planned Parenthood-Gosnell Link
Since the cousin of Pennsylvania House Representative Margo L. Davidson (D) died at the hands of abortionist and convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell, Davidson has voted for abortion clinic regulations. But now Planned Parenthood is actively working to remove her!
Moms: The Government Needs You to Nag Your Kids
In an effort to enroll more young people in ObamaCare, the Obama Administration has turned to moms. Rhode Island’s ObamaCare exchange is encouraging Moms to “mercilessly” nag their children to sign up for health insurance.
Stand Up for Religious Liberty!
Tuesday, March 25, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood religious liberty cases challenging the Obama Administration’s “contraceptive” mandate, and Concerned Women for America (CWA) will be there to show our support for religious liberty.
A Big Blow for Abortion Advocates
Bad news for pro-abortion advocates: the United States District Court for the District of Maryland just issued a ruling on an important FirstAmendment pro-life case (Centro Tepeyac v. Montgomery County), exposing, yet again, the radicalism and lack of care for women of the pro-“choice” movement.