Victory for CSU Students for Life Group

Students for Life won a decided victory this past week when it reached a settlement with Colorado State University (CSU) in its fight for equal standing with other school organizations. In January Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of the Students for Life chapter at CSU after the […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Human Trafficking

  Here is an area we must be equipped to engage in that I discuss in my book, Feisty & Feminine: A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women: the issue of human trafficking is today’s modern-day form of slavery. It is a dark industry that is rapidly growing and is estimated at about 32 billion dollars […]

Letter: Invest in alternative to Planned Parenthood

Linda Schauer, state director, Concerned Women for America of South Dakota, Leola Published 11:05 a.m. CT June 13, 2017 | Find at http://www.argusleader.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/06/13/letter-invest-alternative-planned-parenthood/102811616/ Contrary to Wendy Kofoed-Jacobs’ comments (Argus Leader/May 18) regarding Planned Parenthood’s “services to millions of poor women,” those services are extremely limited. Thankfully, women have alternatives to Planned Parenthood – the largest abortion provider […]

Bernie’s Oppressive America

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ socialism enjoyed surprising popularity in the last presidential election.  This is disturbing to any student of history, given the overwhelming evidence of oppression that follows the implementation of that treacherous philosophy anywhere in the world. That explains, in part, his popularity with young people, who are unfortunately and increasingly unaware of the […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Speak Truth

  There’s so much we can do if we put our minds to it. God has gifted each of us, as conservative women, with unique talents, ideas, and passions, and it is our duty to use them in service of Him and our nation. There are approximately sixty million evangelical and faithful Catholic women in […]

Capitol Hill Brief — We Will Not Be Silent

  It is unfortunate, but we live in an increasingly liberal and secular society where conservative women are too often painted as two-dimensional caricatures. The truth is though, that we are a dynamic, diverse group with unique experiences as business leaders, politicians, mothers, wives, doctors, and thousands of other roles.  We have a lot to […]

Pro-Woman/Pro-Life Bill Close To Victory in The House!

I am so excited at what happened in the Maine House of Representatives on Friday.  The Wrongful Death bill, L.D. 327 was voted on, and we lost by only one vote, 72 to 71.  If five of the Representatives who promised to vote with us had been in attendance, we would have won! However, we […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Our Time

  The “sexual assault DNA kits” backlog problem will require our constant vigilance. After the many years we’ve been working to raise the public’s awareness of this issue, USA Today reported just this year that, in New York, more than half of police agencies miss the deadline to report the number of untested sexual assault evidence […]

Capitol Hill Brief — God Bless Texas

  Texas is a good example of a state that is proactively looking for ways to eliminate their “sexual assault DNA kit” backlog. In 2013, the Department of Public Safety reported 20,000 untested rape kits.  Lawmakers quickly acted to provide $11 million to address the issue. Still, more than 3,500 of those identified kits remain untested — meaning they […]

CWA Statement on President Trump’s Newest Judicial Nominees

Today, the White House announced a new list of federal judicial nominations. Below is a statement from Concerned Women for America: “President Trump continues to fulfill his promise to the American people by appointing supremely qualified, constitutionalist judges for judicial nominations. We are thrilled to see that Justice Gorsuch was just the beginning. The president’s […]

Trump Set to End Ridiculous War Against Nuns

God bless President Donald J. Trump. As reported by several news outlets, the Trump Administration is set to finally put an end to part of the repugnant ObamaCare contraception mandate which sought to force the Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP) to violate their religious convictions. One of the most bizarre things about the Obama Administration’s ObamaCare […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Can We Make a Difference?

  I told you yesterday about a big problem we have around the country with untested “sexual assault kits.” Concerned Women for America has been working on it for years now, trying to develop the funding streams necessary to address the situation and make sure to curtail waste as much as possible. Can we really […]

Capitol Hill Brief — How Many are There?

  How many “sexual assault kits” are on the backlog we discussed yesterday?  We don’t know.  We can confidently say, “thousands.” The difficulty comes in that there is no national database to keep track of them. Sometimes, they’re kept on a state by state basis, sometimes even just a city by city basis, or even […]

Senate Reaffirms Support for Israel and Move of Embassy to Jerusalem

Washington, D.C. – Monday evening, the Senate voted 90-0 to pass Senate Resolution 176 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War as well as the reunification of Jerusalem. In this resolution, the Senate also reaffirmed the importance of the American-Israeli relationship. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, said today: […]

Capitol Hill Brief — The Rape Kits Backlog Problem

  Did you know that many women who have been sexually assaulted have received no justice, while the perpetrators are free to commit further assaults because of a backlog on what is known as the “sexual assault kit” or “SAKs”? It’s basically a kit containing DNA evidence that could (and, in a considerable amount of […]

Victory in Augusta – NO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE!

GREAT NEWS! Last week, the State House of Representatives gave us the win we needed to defeat physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Maine.  This was the third session in a row we had to fight this horrible bill. However, during this session, we won with 24 more votes on our side, many more than other years.  […]