President Will Sign Executive Order on LGBTQ Employees in the Workplace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE White House Announces President Will Bypass Congress and Sign Executive Order on LGBTQ Employees in the Workplace
USC Upstate Cuts Women’s and Gender Studies Program to Teach Constitution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE USC Upstate Cuts Women’s and Gender Studies Program to Teach Constitution
Members of the Senate Calling for a Vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE CWALAC Applauds Members of the Senate for Calling for a Vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, S.1670
CWA Applauds the Supreme Court’s Legislative Prayer Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Concerned Women for America Applauds the Supreme Court’s Legislative Prayer Decision
Judge Voids North Dakota ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Judge Voids North Dakota ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law
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
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
CWA Stands With the Little Sisters of the Poor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Concerned Women for America Stands With the Little Sisters of the Poor WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Concerned Women for America (CWA), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th […]
CWALAC Applauds House Effort to Stop IRS Proposed Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE CWALAC Applauds House Effort to Stop IRS Proposed Rule Trampling First Amendment Free Speech WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives is set to vote on Rep. Dave Camp’s (R-Michigan) Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of […]
House of Representatives Votes to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE House of Representatives Votes to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Yesterday, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act introduced by Reps. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) and Dan Lipinski (D-Illinois). This legislation […]
Supreme Court Order A Win for Religious Liberty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Supreme Court Order A Win for Religious Liberty WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The United States Supreme Court entered an order today prohibiting the Obama Administration from enforcing its contraceptive mandate on the Little Sisters of the Poor pending appeal. The Supreme Court order read in […]
CWA and CWA of Virginia on Virginia Attorney General’s Betrayal to Marriage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Herring Betrays Virginians WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) announced he will not fight for Virginia’s constitutionally-protected definition of marriage. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, had this […]
CWA Responds to War on Women Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Concerned Women for America Responds to War on Women Comments WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) said Thursday that Republicans need to take a more combative attitude toward winning the votes of women, by emphasizing that women aren’t weaklings in need […]
CWA Commemorates Roe v. Wade and Celebrates 35 Years of Pro-Life Work
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE Concerned Women for America Commemorates Roe v. Wade and Celebrates 35 Years of Pro-Life Work WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Thousands of pro-life activists march on Washington today as part of the annual March for Life, memorializing the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that […]
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Arizona’s Appeal After Ninth Circuit Stops 20-Week Abortion Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard o: 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE U.S. Supreme Court Declines Arizona’s Appeal After Ninth Circuit Stops 20-Week Abortion Ban WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear Arizona’s appeal of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision to grant an injunction to stop the law […]
CWALAC Supports Conservative Reforms for Combatting Poverty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard o: 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE CWALAC Supports Conservative Reforms for Combatting Poverty WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Concerned Women for America (CWA) President and CEO, Penny Nance, responds to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) presenting conservative reforms for combatting poverty, saying in the brief statement below that there is a need […]
Statement of Penny Young Nance on Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s HHS Mandate Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard o: 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE U.S. Supreme Court Declines Arizona’s Appeal After Ninth Circuit Stops 20-Week Abortion Ban WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Penny Young Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), said today, “It makes perfect sense that Justice Sonia Sotomayor would agree to a temporary […]
Penny Nance Responds to President’s Approval Rating Among Women and Latest Colorado ObamaCare Ad
Given how that voting bloc gave [the President] an edge in 2012 … women are becoming increasingly fed up. This Administration doesn’t get us.
Senate Considers Cornelia T.L. PIlliard for U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia
Washington D.C. – Today the Senate considered the nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pilliard for U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and voted against moving her nomination forward. Penny Nance, President and CEO of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, responds in the brief statement below:
CWALAC Responds to Iranian Nuclear Talks Ending without Agreement
Washington D.C. – Talks for a deal that would have required Iran to suspend key parts of its nuclear program in exchange for modest relief on economic sanctions ended Sunday without an agreement, after two days of the most high level negotiations between Iran and the United States in decades. Six world powers and Iran agreed to resume talks on November 20. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), responds: