Senate Passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act
After a marathon 26-hour “vote-a-rama,” the Senate has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). Despite a number of changes to the bill, this bill is still a win for the American people, for families, and for protecting innocent children. While Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) has been tracking and advocating for […]
Planned Parenthood Loses at the Supreme Court
Any time any law seeks to put any limits on abortion, Planned Parenthood is guaranteed to sue. It is something with which legislators have to deal. No matter how reasonable the law is, the nation’s largest abortion provider’s existential dependence on public funding for their promotion of abortion makes them rabid in their attack on […]
Three Years After the Fall of Roe, Life is Winning
Three years ago today, life won on the steps of the United States Supreme Court. June 24, 2022 brought an eager crowd of pro-lifers the much-awaited release of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The decision was met with a celebration fifty years in the making. Dobbs ruled 6-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973) […]
BIG WIN: House Energy and Commerce Committee Forwards the Block on Forced Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Businesses
After 26 hours of debate, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held their ground against efforts to force taxpayers to fund big abortion businesses. The Committee’s inclusion of 10-year protections against these efforts marks a historic moment for the pro-life movement, building on goals to cut government waste and counter anti-family agendas in reconciliation. In […]
Stop Forced Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Webcast Replay
On Monday, May 12th at 11:30 AM ET, CWA President and CEO of Concerned Women for America LAC joined other pro-life leaders from across the country for a critical national webcast — and we need YOU with us. Unfortunately, some pro-choice Republicans are willing to allow the largest tax hike in American history just to keep the […]
What is “Budget Reconciliation” and Why it Matters
The hottest phrase on Capitol Hill this year is “budget reconciliation.” Practically every conversation with a member of Congress, administration official, or third-party lobbyist involves mention of the coming reconciliation bill. But what exactly that is, and the process involved, is often unclear – both to D.C. insiders and the everyday American voter. However, such […]
Supreme Court Should Uphold State’s Rights to No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Businesses
Next month, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case challenging South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s 2018 executive order disqualifying abortion businesses from receiving taxpayer dollars. As a homegrown South Carolinian, there is nothing more pervasive to my state’s values, nor diametrically opposed to our health […]
Five Cases to Watch at the U.S. Supreme Court
Here is a list of the most important cases we are watching at the Supreme Court: 1. Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission Oral arguments: March 31 What’s it about? – Wisconsin argues the Catholic Charities Bureau is not sufficiently religious to get tax-exempt status, even though it is controlled by […]
Defunding Planned Parenthood: the Next Step in Implementing the President’s Agenda
President Trump’s campaign promises were clear and concise. He assured voters his administration would cut government waste, prohibit the mutilation of children, scale back bureaucratic overreach, prohibit federal mandates on abortion, and promote strong families. His tremendous accomplishments already chart a clear next step for continuance of that agenda. It’s now time to defund Planned […]
Heartbreak in Chicago
The nature of the events which grieve me enough to sound the alarm for you are such that I should first say, this is not meant as a partisan post. In the context of our politics, I am a Republican because I am a conservative, but I am not that passionate about Republicanism to be […]
CWA Stand for Life in Iowa Supreme Court
Concerned Women for America (CWA) submitted an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in support of the state of Iowa’s efforts to establish a culture of life and curtail abortion radicalism in the Hawkeye State. The brief challenges Planned Parenthood and other abortion doctors’ ability to bring legal challenges to the state’s pro-life laws. Here is our summary of […]
The Hyde Amendment and Human Life
Today, the House held an appropriations subcommittee hearing titled “The Impact on Women Seeking an Abortion but are Denied Because of an Inability to Pay.” Calling it what it is, a hearing dedicated to the elimination of the Hyde Amendment, would not be as well received. By way of background, the Hyde Amendment is a critical pro-life measure introduced by […]
Huge Win for CWA: Planned Parenthood Affiliate Finally Admits its Racists Roots
Concerned Women for America (CWA) has been fighting for years to expose Planned Parenthood’s (PP) legacy of death which has its roots in the racist eugenics movement. As PP celebrated 100 years a few years back, CWA launched a campaign called “100 No More,” exposing the organization’s racists founding through eugenicist Margaret Sanger. CWA also […]
Nance: Norma McCorvey’s Testimony Reveals Roe v. Wade’s Foundation of Lies
CWA’s CEO and President Penny Young Nance wrote the following op-ed published on CNS News. “It is always sobering to stand and contemplate the destruction and devastation left along the pathway of “Hurricane” Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that invented a right to abortion. It is worse than any of the modern-day disasters we […]
COVID-19 LETTER: Pro-life Leaders Warn of Abortion Industry Exploitation
CWA signed on to a letter written to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, along with other pro-life leaders, to show how the abortion industry is exploiting this coronavirus pandemic. Here is an excerpt from the letter: “While we are in a hectic race to save lives, Planned Parenthood and other powers in […]
Contact your Senators and ask them to pass non-partisan, virus-only relief legislation today!
America is in an unprecedented moment in history. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is right. It’s time for the drama to end. Please Contact your Senators and ask them to pass non-partisan, virus-only relief legislation today. Now, more than ever, we need to come together for the good of the nation and the American people. Instead, Senate […]
The Never-ending Impeachment
Impeachment Day 3 Recap We continued to hear the same unproven allegations from the House managers as they presented their case to remove the President before the Senate on day two of their opening statements. And, the mindboggling thing is how long they have been preparing for this dud. Vanity Fair, December 15, 2016: “Democrats […]
Doreen Denny: Planned Parenthood Chose to Give up Federal Funding – It wasn’t Forced out of Title X Program
CWA’s Senior Director of Government Relations, Doreen Denny, wrote an op-ed featured on FoxNews.com about Planned Parenthood’s recent decision. “Planned Parenthood claims it was “forced out” of the federal Title X family planning program by the Trump administration. Hardly. The choice to exit was Planned Parenthood’s alone. Title X is the federal program that provides access […]
Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Program Over Trump Rule
CWA’s Senior Director of Government Relations, Doreen Denny, was featured on NPR discussing Planned Parenthood’s withdrawal from Title X family planning program. “Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal Title X family planning program rather than comply with new Trump administration rules regarding abortion counseling. The new rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and […]
CWA to Planned Parenthood: Choice is in Your Court, Not 9th Circuit’s
WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, August 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must receive plans from Title X grantees, including Planned Parenthood, proving how they will comply with new rules to uphold long-standing federal law. These rules require full financial and physical separation of Title X funds from abortion services and bar abortion […]