Nance: The Equal Rights Amendment is the Dems’ Frankenstein Monster
President and CEO of Concerned Women for America, Penny Nance, wrote the following piece on the Equal Rights Amendment that has been written in such a way to erase the uniqueness of women: “The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is dead. The Department of Justice announced as much in January. Even Justice Ginsburg, the “most prominent feminist […]
How the Battle for the ERA Became Every Right to Abortion
By all accounts, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) should be dead. The 1979 ratification deadline passed 40-years ago three states short of ratification. Concerned Women for America was on the front lines with opponents who stopped this constitutional amendment to prohibit sex distinctions in law that ultimately would “ERAse” women. But that has not stopped […]
Watch CBS Interview on ERA
Dr. Toni Delancey, CWA’s Chief Operating Officer and State Director for CWA of Virginia was interviewed by CBS concerning the efforts to pass the ERA in the Virginia General Assembly. Click here to read the story. Here’s Toni’s interview:
R.I.P ERA says CWA
Washington, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel announced an important opinion on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), declaring the ratification expired and no longer pending in the States for action. In a Memorandum for the General Counsel of the National Archives and Records Administration, DOJ declares dead […]
Breaking! CWA of Virginia Responds to DOJ Ruling on the ERA
Today, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Virginia represented you in Richmond by participating in the Celebrate Womanhood, Do Not ERAse It! rally/lobby day to oppose the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). I spoke at the morning press conference, and our CWA of Virginia team lobbied state legislators to discuss our opposition to the ERA. While we were working […]
CWA of Virginia Interviewed on ERA Efforts in Virginia
CWA’s Chief Operating Officer and State Director, Toni DeLancey, spoke to ABC 13 concerning the efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Virginia. Read the article and watch the video here. If Virginia passes the ERA, it will become the 38th state to pass the amendment, the threshold number of states needed to […]
Join Us at the Celebrate Womanhood, Do Not ERAse It! Rally/Lobby Day
With the strike of the gavel next Wednesday, January 8, the Virginia General Assembly will open its 2020 legislative session. You can count on Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Virginia to represent your interests in Richmond and to keep you informed on the legislation that directly impacts you and your family. To kick off […]
Don’t ERAse Women With an Equal Rights Amendment
Don’t ERAse Women With an Equal Rights Amendment “… legal classifications and distinctions based upon sex are not only discriminatory in themselves, but also lend governmental support to entrenched customs which ignore women as persons …” Pauli Murray, co-founder of the National Organization of Women The ERA proposes that “Equality of rights under the law shall […]
CWA of South Dakota Applauds Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s ERA Lawsuit
Concerned Women for America of South Dakota State Director Linda Schauer releases a statement concerning Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s lawsuit to stop the Equal Rights Amendment as reported in the Washington Times. Read Linda Schauer’s letter to the editor on the ERA.
Democrats Using Rules Changes to Attempt to Pass ERA; Vote is TOMORROW; Your Action Needed TODAY
As we mentioned in our last alert on the ERA, proponents are still using every strategy in their arsenal to pass the ERA. As you may recall S.J. Res. 284 passed the Senate 26 to 14 and although it was defeated in the House subcommittee of the Privileges and Elections Committee – it actually remains […]
Georgia: We Need Your Help TODAY to Stop the Equal Rights Amendment!
40 years ago, Concerned Women for America (CWA) formed as an organization and became the leading conservative voice for women across America. The battle at that time is the same battle raging in Georgia today: a fight to ratify an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). CWA opposed the ERA then; we do so today, and we […]