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:
CWALAC Supports Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Howard o: 202-266-4816 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE CWALAC Supports Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, the United States Senate, led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), is set to introduce the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative […]
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee Applauds Passage of Texas Pro-Life Bill
Nance: “Texas legislators saw that this is what Texans and Americans wanted and voted likewise.”
Obama Administration Continues Assault on Religious Freedom
Nance: “It is typical of the Administration to pretend to fix the matter by issuing a regulation which is hauntingly similar to those of the past ….”
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee Supports Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. -The House of Representatives is expected to vote on H.R 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, later this evening. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee(CWALAC), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, says in the brief statement below that the act helps end late-term abortion […]
Concerned Women for America Comments on Women in Combat
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Pentagon today announced its schedule for integrating women into front-line combat by 2016. The Pentagon is developing gender-neutral tests that men and women must pass to qualify for combat roles. The timelines follow former-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s January decision to open 237,000 military jobs to women, including infantry, armor, and special operations. Penny […]
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee Applauds House Passage of H.R 1797 — Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Nance: “After the Kermit Gosnell trial, the American people were horrified and demanded action and, today, the House answered by passing the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.”
Concerned Women for America Condemns Allegations of Cover Up in State Dept
Concerned Women for America Condemns Allegations of Cover Up in State Dept WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senior State Department and Diplomatic Security officials may have covered up or stopped investigations of inappropriate or even criminal misconduct by staff, according to an internal memo from the department’s Office of the Inspector General. The allegations include soliciting sexual […]
Concerned Women for America Urges Boy Scouts to Remain True to Founding Principles
We delivered 8,209 petitions to BSA leadership today in hopes that they would earn their next badge, “Courage” – courage to stand true to themselves under attack from a well-funded, aggressive minority. Sex and politics do not belong in the
Boy Scouts Put Children at Risk, Open Themselves to Lawsuits
Nance: “The Boy Scouts had a very strong footing for their previous policy. Today, they give all that away. Christian parents have no other choice but to reassess their involvement in the Boy Scouts, who have officially strayed from their o
Support for Hobby Lobby in Light of Lawsuit Against HHS Mandate
CWA CEO and President Penny Nance Urges Support for Hobby Lobby in Light of Lawsuit Against HHS Mandate Washington D.C – Concerned Women for America (CWA) CEO and President Penny Nance issued the following statement in support of Christian crafts store Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., who will battle the Obama Administration in court Thursday over […]
Concerned Women for America: Center for Reproductive Rights is Aborting Safety in North Dakota
Blocking SB 2305 would endanger the women of North Dakota
CWA Applauds Jury Verdict in Kermit Gosnell Case
Convicted: Concerned Women for America Applauds Jury Verdict in Kermit Gosnell Case WASHINGTON, D.C.– Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor in the “House of Horrors” case garnering national attention has been found guilty of several charge, including murder. Concerned Women for America CEO and President Penny Nance responds: “Concerned Women for America (CWA) applauds today’s decision. […]
Clinton Administration IRS Targeted CWA for Harassment
Nance: “CWA spent seven years and upwards of $25,000 cooperating with the IRS in completely politically motivated audits between 1993 and December 2000.”
CWA Applauds Ohio Prosecutor Seeking Murder Charges for Kidnapping Victims’ Forced Miscarriages in Cleveland Kidnapping Case
Every state needs to pass laws that charge individuals with murder if they intentionally force a miscarriage. We are pleased that Ohio is among the 36 states that allow individuals who kill a baby in utero to be charged with murder.
CWALAC Disappointed in the Senate Failed Attempt to Protect Women and Children
Nance: “If there was ever a time to put party politics aside, it is now. It is time to advocate and support women’s health by regulating unsafe and unsanitary abortion clinics.”