Capitol Hill Brief — Feisty and Feminine Workshops
I also want to take a moment and thank God and you, our thousands of Concerned Women for America supporters, for the support you gave my book, Feisty and Feminine, this year. I wrote it as a manual for conservative women to be equipped on the major topics of the day. We are stronger […]
Capitol Hill Brief — A Supreme Accomplishment
Perhaps at the top of our list for accomplishments this year is the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court. God was so gracious to us! You have to remember that before the election, when the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia was announced, Hillary Clinton was, without a doubt, […]
Capitol Hill Brief — 100 No More
We’re looking back at God’s many blessings for Concerned Women for America in 2017, and we cannot forget to thank God for his hand directing our 100 No More rallies around the country. One of the least known facts about the abortion industry and Planned Parenthood is its disturbing connection to population control and […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Pro-Life Victories
Friends, as the end of the year approaches, it gives us a chance to reflect on what the Lord has graciously allowed us to accomplish this year. On the pro-life front, we have seen many advances. With President Trump in the White House, one of the first things we were able to see through […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Merry Christmas
What do we celebrate on Christmas? That, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” That we witnessed, “His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” There’s no bigger truth for us as Christians. This is the good news we […]
CWA Joins Chris Gard and Connie Yates to ‘Pray for Justice’
This past summer, the short but impactful life of one little boy in the United Kingdom (UK), Charlie Gard, captured the attention of the world. Charlie was born with a rare mitochondrial disease, and just shy of his first birthday, he was removed from life support against his parents’ wishes. It was a lengthy legal […]
Capitol Hill Brief — The Christmas Scene
There’s a poem by G.K. Chesterton which captures well the scene of that first Christmas: There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Most Wonderful Time
What joy is the Christmas season! The colors, the lights, the snow. It’s a time to gather with family and friends. But above all, it is a time to remember our Savior’s birth. One of my favorite things to help me remember are our old hymns, full of Scripture and beauty. “Hark the herald […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Still Busy
Friends, as we celebrate the Christmas season, I want to thank you for your support of Concerned Women for America. You make it possible for us to shine the light of Christmas on our nation’s public policy. Right now, CWA’s legal team is hard at work writing our brief on a very important pro-life, […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Christmas Week
As we look forward to celebrating Christmas this week, we also look back at the many blessings God has granted our nation. It was a cold, snowy Christmas Eve that George Washington’s miraculous crossing of the Delaware River changed the course of history. One colonel recalled how a “providential fog” saved him and his […]
Christmas Celebrates the Unborn; We Should, Too
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.” So begins the story of Gabriel’s visit to Mary in the Gospel of Luke. “Greetings, […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Disparate Foundings
The founding of Planned Parenthood vs. Community Health Centers couldn’t be more different. Planned Parenthood was founded under the philosophy that the only way to help the poor was to stop them from reproducing. It’s this offensive attitude that lead to Planned Parenthood becoming the largest abortion provider in America. By contrast, Community Health […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Abortion and Religion
I have some hard news. Thirty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions identified as evangelical or Catholic. Though self-identification may be a poor form of measuring religious engagements, these findings show that women getting an abortion are willing to be thought of as religious, but are still willing to get an abortion. This is a […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Women Won’t Lose
What does Planned Parenthood actually do? Mammograms? Nope. What about prenatal care? Actually, only 8% of their clinics do that. They boast about GYN exams and STD testing, but those are available through the more than 11,000 community health centers in America. In fact Planned Parenthood only does about 1% of the nation’s pap […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Struggling for Life
Listen carefully to what this Planned Parenthood official says they do with an unborn child that is born as a result of a botched abortion: [Audio Clip] Florida State Rep. Jim Boyd: It’s just really hard for me to even ask you this question, because I’m almost in disbelief. If a baby is born […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Every Heart Beating
I remember hearing the heartbeat of my own children for the first time. [Heartbeat audio] Did you know that we can detect a child’s heartbeat beginning at 21 days? And can be heard by monitor at 8-10 weeks! At 7-12 weeks old, an unborn baby has brain waves and developing features like a nose, […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Broad Support
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act should not be a left or right issue. Even many pro-choice people support a 20-week ban on abortion. Recent polls by Quinnipiac, National Journal, Huffington Post, NBC News/Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post/ABC News all revealed: A majority of Americans support limiting abortion after 20-weeks’ gestation. Sixty percent of women think abortion after that […]
Justice Department Investigates Planned Parenthood Over Sale of Fetal Tissue
Washington, D.C. — Last night it was announced that the Department of Justice has launched an official investigation of Planned Parenthood’s practices and sale of fetal tissue. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, issued the following statement: “It’s about time! Since 1916, when Margaret Sanger opened the first ‘birth control clinic,’ […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Bad Company
According to medical experts, a baby’s pain system at 20-weeks’ gestation is fully developed; the baby’s higher-level, pain-modifying systems have barely begun to develop, leaving them to feel excruciating pain. That is big reason why the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is so desperately needed. What we have in our country is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis. […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Pain-Capable
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act exposes the left for their radicalism on abortion. The legislation only deals with the unborn child at 20 weeks — that’s five months! I told you yesterday that at five months, a baby has fingernails, her own unique fingerprints, eyebrows, and eyelashes. But did you know that there […]