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 Update – Day 1 Morning Session

It was a contentious start to the Kavanaugh hearing after Democratic members came ready to disrupt the hearings, not to talk about Judge Kavanaugh’s record. As reported by Kasie Hunt of NBC News, “Democrats plotted coordinated protest strategy over the holiday weekend and all agreed to disrupt and protest the hearing,” she wrote in a […]

Week of Prayer for Kavanaugh – Day 8

You, oh God, are our help and confidence. We pray Your blessings on the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh. May the schemes of the enemy be derailed. May truth and justice reign. We thank You for Your involvement and care for us. Who are we that You are mindful of us? Help us to be engaged […]

Senators Fail to Defund Planned Parenthood

In a rare up-or-down pro-life vote on Capitol Hill, the Senate voted last week on an amendment to the Labor HHS/Department of Defense “minibus” Appropriations bill.  The amendment offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) would prohibit federal funds from going to any provider of family planning or reproductive health services that performs abortions or affiliates […]

States Seeking New Avenues to Defund Planned Parenthood

In April 2018, Tennessee passed a law, Amendment 36, declaring the state’s belief that childbirth and family planning services should not include elective abortions. Additionally, this law aims to eliminate “direct or indirect use of state funds to promote or support elective abortions,” meaning agencies providing elective abortions should not be eligible for any government […]

CWALAC Letter in Support of Kavanaugh

Today, Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women LAC sent the following letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to the nominee’s impressive judicial qualifications and strength of character, the letter highlights Judge Kavanaugh’s advancement of women in the […]

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 […]

A Week of Prayer for Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination

Prayer and action lay at the foundation of Concerned Women for America (CWA). In many ways, they are intermingled. Prayer is action — the most powerful kind of action we take here at CWA. So, as we continue our work to support the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, we […]

The Left’s ‘Fake Views’ on SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

The left came “guns blazing” in opposition of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it has struggled to come up with a reason why. Oh, they hate him. Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) said those who do not oppose Kavanaugh are “complicit in the evil.” The very day President Trump […]

Judge Kavanaugh Church Bulletin Insert

It is an exciting time for us as Christians, given the quality of the current nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. We have a chance to turn the tide of unjust decisions based on judicial activism and protect religious liberty for decades to come. It is incumbent upon us to make the […]

Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour Update

The Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour continues through West Virginia and Missouri. We are praying for this important process and asking senators to put partisan politics aside and confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.

‘So, So Jaded’: The Campaign to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Struggles for Liftoff

Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) “Women for Kavanaugh Bus Tour” was featured in a recent New York Times article describing the failure of those who want to oppose Judge Kavanaugh from gaining any traction. In “‘So, So Jaded’: The Campaign to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Struggles for Liftoff,” reporters Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson, write “[A]cross the country […]

NANCE: Judge Kavanaugh can be trusted to safeguard our First Amendment rights

President Trump should be commended for his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, an abundantly qualified and impartial judge, to the Supreme Court. Throughout his judicial career, Kavanaugh has consistently defended Americans’ constitutional rights, including the religious liberties of all Americans, as enshrined in the First Amendment. Kavanaugh can be trusted to continue to protect this fundamental right […]

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 […]