Concerned Women Applaud RSC for Supporting Legislation to Protect Female Athletes

For Immediate Release April 22, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press Secretary   [email protected] 571-420-2488 Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee  (CWALAC) applauds the clear statement by the Republican Study Committee (RSC) that Title IX must protect women and girl athletes on the basis of biological sex not gender self-identification. Penny Nance, CEO and President of […]

Kentucky Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto

For Immediate ReleaseApril 13, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 Kentucky Legislature Overrides Governor’s VetoFairness in Women’s Sports Act Now Law Washington, D.C. – Today, the Kentucky Legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (SB 83). This bill bans biological boys identifying as girls from participating in girls’ sports at […]

Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to the Supreme Court

For Immediate Release April 7, 2022 Contact: Katie Everett, Press Secretary [email protected] 571-420-2488 Washington, D.C. — Moments ago, the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 53-47. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), said: […]

Senators Disappoint Millions of Women by Voting to Confirm KBJ

For media inquiries, contact:  Katie Everett(571) [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) denounces the actions of Sens. Collins (R-Maine), Murkowski (R- Alaska), and Romney (R-Utah):  “Concerned women across the country want to know how you can stand up and defend the truth about women […]

Nance: We Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson After She is Unable to Define a Woman

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 23, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 Washington, D.C.— Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the country’s largest public policy organization for women, is asking Senators to oppose the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court after the nominee refused to define what a woman is […]

CWA Files Civil Rights Complaint Against UPenn

Female swimmer

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 17, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against UPenn Allows male to compete on women’s swim team Washington, D.C. – Today, Concerned Women for America (CWA) filed a formal Civil Rights Complaint under Title IX with the U.S. Department of Education against the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) for […]

Nance: Biden’s Priorities are Out of Step with Reality

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 16, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 Biden’s Priorities are Out of Step with Reality Policies Aimed at Protecting Women Fail  WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, President Joe Biden signed into law the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022, legislation passed by Congress as part of a massive government […]

Congress Puts LGBTQ Agenda Ahead of Women

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the Senate passed the massive omnibus government funding bill that includes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act by a vote of 68-31. Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the largest grassroots public policy women’s organization in the country, opposes the VAWA reauthorization because it fails women. […]

Radicals in Congress Out-of-Step with American Women and their Families

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 1, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 Radicals in Congress Out-of-Step with American Women and their FamiliesNew CWALAC Scorecard of 117th  Congress Released Today Washington, D.C. – As the 2022 primary election season gets underway this week, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the largest grassroots women’s organization in the […]

No Shortcuts on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 25, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected] Washington, D.C.— President Joe Biden is reported to be nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to take the seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer at the United States Supreme Court. Penny Nance, President and CEO of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the largest public policy organization for […]

ERA is Dead, and so is Virginia’s Lawsuit

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 18, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected](571) 420-2488 ERA is Dead, and so is Virginia’s Lawsuit CWA Praises New Virginia AG for Championing Women Washington, D.C. – Today, Virginia announced it will no longer participate in the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) lawsuit it joined with the states of Illinois and Nevada under Gov. […]

Battle Over Girls’ Sports Reaches Kentucky Legislature

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 15, 2022Contact: Katie Everett, Press [email protected] Battle Over Girls’ Sports Reaches Kentucky LegislatureYWA Leader Testifies in Committee Hearing  Washington, D.C. – Today, Young Women for America (YWA) Kentucky leader Halli Gravely testified before the Kentucky legislature in support of the Kentucky Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (H.B. 23). This Act would prohibit […]

Concerned Women Applaud the Virginia Supreme Court’s Decision to Restore Rights to Parents

For media inquiries, contact:   Katie Everett(571) [email protected] Mask mandates have proven harmful to children Washington, D.C. – Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of Virginia’s dismissal of Castillo v. Youngkin: “Today, the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected a challenge to Gov. Youngkin’s Executive Order […]

DOJ Opinion Confirms ERA’s Rotting Corpse, Again

Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the largest public policy organization for women in the country, had this to say regarding the Office of Legal Counsel’s January 26, 2022, opinion regarding the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment: “The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is dead. Its rotting corpse confirmed by […]

Penny Nance statement on Justice Breyer’s retirement

Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the largest public policy organization for women in the country, had this to say on the retirement announcement of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Stephen Breyer: “Justice Breyer’s announcement comes as no surprise to those of us engaged in the policy, […]

CWALAC Celebrates Removal of NDAA Provision Drafting Our Daughters

For Immediate Release December 7, 2021 Contact: Katie Everett, Press Secretary [email protected] CWALAC Celebrates Removal of NDAA Provision Drafting Our Daughters Washington, D.C. – Last night, harmful language requiring women to register for the Selective Service was removed from the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe […]