Pro-Life Members of Congress Call for Protections in the Pandemic

This week pro-life members of Congress voiced serious concerns about abortion activists’ efforts to use the coronavirus crisis to expand access to abortion-inducing drugs and use fetal tissue from aborted babies in research for coronavirus vaccines. With most U.S. senators and representatives observing shelter-in-place guidelines in their home states, the task of writing, reviewing and […]

U.N. Report Promotes Abortion, LGBT ‘Rights’ Over Human Rights

CWA’s Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Shea Garrison, teamed up with Emilie Kao, director of the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation on an opinion piece published in The Washington Times. “Billions of people around the world exercised their religious freedom during Holy Week, but a new United Nations report […]

Day 15 – Praying the Full Armor of God

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for our CWA leaders— Their many gifts and talents. Lord, we ask you now to anoint them with your Holy Spirit As we commission them to serve our nation. Together, we put on the full armor of God So that we can take a rock-solid stand Against the devil’s schemes. […]

Easter and the Promise of Redemption

In this Easter season, I have been thinking about the importance of redemption. Over the years, by virtue of circulation in political circles, I have known personally some people involved in public scandals. The world watches as the media follows them relentlessly for days, weeks, or even months and then evaporates, leaving behind a scene […]

GARRISON, TRAFICANT: China’s Reach Into Mainstream America Comes With A High Price To Pay

CWA’S International team made up of CWA’s VP of International Affairs, Dr. Shea Garrison and Legislative Strategist Ashley Traficant teamed up on an Opinion Piece published this week in The Daily Caller. “The White House recently received a classified report from U.S. intelligence confirming what many already suspected — China’s public reporting of COVID-19 cases and […]

Idaho Becomes First State to Protect Women’s Sports From Transgender Agenda

CWA’s Vice President for Government Relations, Doreen Denny, wrote the following piece published in The Daily Signal. “Idaho Gov. Brad Little has given women athletes renewed hope. Faced with a politically correct culture that is denying women the right to a fair playing field in sports, the Republican governor signed into law new protections for […]

Nance: Coronavirus and the Challenges of Teaching Kids at Home — Please, Do This

This week, our CEO and President Penny Nance published the following opinion piece on Fox News online to help the parents impacted by COVID19: “On Sunday President Trump extended social distancing until April 30th to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. Schools K-12 are closed through the end of the academic year. […]

CWA Welcomes DOJ Action to Protect Women’s Sports

Washington, D.C. — Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice led by Attorney General William Barr filed a Statement of Interest in federal court against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for their policy that forces female athletes to compete against male athletes […]

How Life is Winning in the Americas

From left to right: Dr. Shea Garrison, Concerned Women for America International Affairs; Alfonso Aguilar, Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles and International Human Rights Group; Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States; Steven Aden, Americans United for Life; Gualberto Garcia-Jones, International Human Rights Group “On January 28, 2020, international pro-life organizations held a second meeting between and Sec. Almagro to discuss his upcoming reelection in March 2020 and to encourage him to promote the right to life in the American states.”

Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Luis Almagro on winning reelection to serve as Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS). Secretary Pompeo commended Almagro for his work promoting democracy in South America and holding Castro accountable in Cuba. While CWA International is grateful for Almagro’s stance against socialism, including […]

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 […]

From Penny’s Heart

A Special Message from the Heart of Concerned Women for America CEO and President Penny Nance. Hello everyone, this is Penny Nance. I’m just pausing because I have this strong message on my heart. I’m stopping right where I am to record this because I just want people to hear it. And particularly for the […]

The NCAA’s Black Eye in Women’s Sports

Concerned Women for America’s Vice President of Government Relations, Doreen Denny, wrote the following piece featured in Townhall that details the NCAA’s unfair treatment of women athletes: NCAA President Mark Emmert walked into a public arena recently that could have been a lion’s den for him. Emmert faces widespread and eroding public trust in the NCAA, […]

House Republicans Force Floor Vote on Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

At the end of February, on the heels of the U.S. Senate’s two pro-life votes, House Republicans successfully forced a vote on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act through a procedural measure called a Motion to Recommit (MTR). This was the 80th time that House Republicans, led by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Missouri), sought a […]

Why the Global Protect Life Rule Is Right for the U.S. and Nations Around the World

CWA’s Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Shea Garrison, has just collaborated with Susan B. Anthony List’s research arm, Charlotte Lozier Institute, to develop an On Point policy paper to combat international abortion advocates. Dr. Garrison wrote this policy paper to educate Capitol Hill members on how to keep life protections in foreign policy, giving […]

CWA International: This Week in Washington, Support for Israel

Support for Israel  AIPAC Policy Conference CWA International had the privilege of attending AIPAC’s (American Israel Political Action Committee) Policy Conference this week in Washington, D.C., to learn and celebrate the American-Israel relationship. Echoed throughout the general sessions and breakouts was the need to protect the bipartisan nature of our relationship with Israel and the […]

Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Demonstrators Meet outside the Supreme Court

YWA leader Lillian Knight speaking at Protect Women Protect Life rally at the Supreme Court

One of our amazing Young Women for America college chapter presidents, Lillian Knight, LSU, participated in the Protect Women, Protect Life rally on the steps of the Supreme Court fighting to uphold a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have hospital admitting procedures. She is quoted in the article in National Review. “On the steps of the […]

Could Debate Over Louisiana Abortion Law have Implications for Kentucky?

CWA CEO and President Penny Nance speaking at the Protect Women Protect Life rally at the Supreme Court

The following news story aired this week on Spectrum 1 Newschannels. Click link to watch the television broadcast or read the story below. “Concerned Women for America President Penny Nance says it is her rural Kentucky roots that fueled her passion for the anti-abortion movement. “I grew up the daughter of a pastor in Eastern […]