Press Release: Senate Conservatives Stand with Female Student-Athletes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2020 Contact: Doreen Denny, Vice President of Government Relations (202) 420-1491, [email protected] Senate Conservatives Stand with Female Student-Athletes to Protect Title IX from Bostock Fallout Washington, D.C. – Today, Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Protection of Women and Girls […]
Fox News Op-Ed: Get Ready for Women for Kavanaugh 2.0.
“Conservative women prepare for Kavanaugh-like attacks from the Left on any nominee, ” stated Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) CEO and President, Penny Nance, in her op-ed for Fox News. Read the entire op-ed here.
Press Release: CWA Responds to Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2020 Contact: Stephanie Rivera 954.243.6301, [email protected] Conservative Women Pray for RBG’s Family, Prepare for Kavanaugh-Like Attacks from the Left on Any Nominee Washington, D.C. – Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the largest public policy organization for women in the country, had this to say on the […]
House Republicans Win Anti-Semitism Vote on Education Bill – 162 Democrats Oppose
This week House Republicans used their minority status rights to amend legislation before final passage with a measure to combat anti-Semitism in American education. This tool of the minority, called a Motion to Recommit with Instructions, is a tactic to force a vote on an issue of importance to Republicans that they otherwise would not […]
Press Release: CWA Reflects on the 19th Anniversary of September 11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2020 Contact: Stephanie Rivera 954.243.6301, [email protected] Concerned Women for America Reflects on the 19th Anniversary of September 11 Washington, D.C. – As today marks the 19th anniversary of September 11, a horrific day where so many innocent lives were lost, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA) Penny […]
CWALAC Endorses Focus on Protecting Children and Taxpayers from the Destructive Cost of Gender Reassignment
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee’s (CWALAC) impact on policy was on display as several members of Congress, led by Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-California), introduced legislation responding to the alarming acceleration of “gender reassignment” interventions causing irreversible harm to children and violating the conscience rights of federal taxpayers. The “Protecting Children from Experimentation Act” […]
CWALAC Endorses Rick Brattin for State Senate – District 31
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Heritage Foundation and Concerned Women for America Unite to Reach Young Women
Heritage and CWA presidents announce collaboration effort to grow Young Women for America WASHINGTON—Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James and Concerned Women for America CEO and President Penny Young Nance announced today that the two organizations have launched a combined effort to energize young women to advocate for fundamental American principles—freedom, faith, and strong families and communities—on college campuses […]
Despite Bad Ruling at the Supreme Court, HHS Issues Final Rule Upholding Traditional Definition of Sex
Last year, President Trump, through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), proposed a rule to overturn an erroneous interpretation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that redefined the word “sex” to include “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.” Concerned Women for America supporters mobilized in support of this change, submitting some 2,000 comments […]
Justice, Not Chaos Needed for a More Perfect Union
CWA has signed onto the below Conservative Action Project’s (CAP) Memo for the Movement entitled “Justice, Not Chaos Needed for a More Perfect Union.” “Conservatives are confronting a country at unrest. Peaceful demonstrations over the unjustified murder of George Floyd have turned violent, exploited by individuals and organizations using Floyd’s death to pursue their own […]
CWALAC Endorses Tina Ramirez for the U.S. House of Representatives for the 7th District of Virginia
Washington, D.C. — Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization, has endorsed Tina Ramirez for U.S. House of Representatives for the 7th District of Virginia. Penny Nance, CEO and President of CWALAC, said: “The 2020 election will be a defining moment in American history at the pinnacle […]
Heritage President Kay James on Race in America after George Floyd
In late May, the nation went from Coronavirus lock-down to racial unrest in a matter of moments. After George Floyd’s tragic death by a white policeman, we watched in horror as day after day peaceful protests turned to violent riots and looting. CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance speaks to Kay Cole James, the President […]
In Defense of Kay Coles James
CWA’s CEO and President Penny Nance teamed up with Susan B. Anthony List’s President Marjorie Dannenfelser on the following opinion article published in Real Clear Politics defending Kay Coles James after her comments were criticized in the media. “As pro-life women leaders we have particular revulsion at the murder of George Floyd, a precious human […]
Conservative Leaders Offer Principles to Counter Biased Social Media
The Free Speech Alliance (FSA), a coalition in which CWA participates, responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order addressing social media platforms’ bias against conservatives by releasing the following statement setting out four principles these platforms need to adopt. Read the Entire Response and Four Principles Here
Recent Dept. of Educ. Ruling: CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC) Policy Allowing Biological Males to Compete in Women’s Sports Violates Title IX
CWA’s Vice President of Government Relations appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss the recent Department of Education ruling that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC) policy allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports violates Title IX. She was featured along with Christiana Holcomb, Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. Listen to […]
Victory in Women’s Sports Civil Rights Case Carries Warning: Don’t Deny Female Athletes Equal Opportunity
Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America (CWA) applauds the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for taking a significant step in the fight to protect the integrity of women’s sports. The ED Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has correctly ruled that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and associated schools are in violation of Title […]
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 […]
Bearing the Burden of Proof: What the 1990’s in the Senate Should Have Taught Joe Biden
CWA’s Vice President of Government Relations Doreen Denny published the following op-ed in Townhall: “Joe Biden is now bearing the burden of proof from 27-year-old sexual assault allegations from former staffer Tara Reade. Reviewing the lessons members of Congress should have learned in the 1990’s – lessons from the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings to the […]
Penny Nance: Hypocritical Liberals ‘Believe’ Tara Reade, But They Will Vote for Joe Biden Anyway
CWA’s CEO and President Penny Young Nance wrote the following op-ed published in The Washington Times. “Remember when Senate Democrats, Hollywood A listers and their media shills decreed that we must always “believe women?” Well, apparently that’s over now. Tara Reade’s sexual assault accusations against Vice President Joe Biden have forced them to change the narrative […]
From Penny Nance on #GivingTuesdayNow!
Would any of us back in February have believed how our world would change? There is hardly anyone who has not been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. I know that we here at CWA have certainly felt the pressure. Today is #GivingTuesdayNow. CWA asks for your help to continue standing for Biblical values and constitutional principles […]