Urge Missouri Senate to Protect Kids Online!

Message from CWA of Missouri State Director Haven Howard: “Missouri, time is short, and we have to speak up right away. The legislative session is over this Friday, and we need to get HB 1839 over the finish line.” The widespread distribution of pornography through the internet is a crisis. It’s a pandemic, and it’s […]
An Illinois Senate Bill We Can Support!

It seems that so often, as conservative-minded women, we stand in opposition to legislation in the Illinois General Assembly. However, there is currently a bill we can wholeheartedly support. SB3945, sponsored by Sen. Erica Harriss (R-District 56), is scheduled for committee this week. This important legislation – the Adult Content Age Verification Act – seeks […]
West Virginia Slated to be 26th State to Protect Kids Online

The majority of states will have laws strengthening protections for kids online if West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signs HB 4412 into law. The bill, better known as the Child Online Protection and Liability Act, holds commercial pornography websites accountable for distributing harmful materials to minors. In the United States, 80% of children have been […]
Who Will Protect them from their “Protectors”?

If, as Nelson Mandela posits, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children,” then recent headlines have given us a glimpse into part of America’s soul, and it is dark. Last week transgendered Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke, a two-term Democrat, spoke in opposition […]
CWA of Pennsylvania Joins with Others in Efforts to Combat Sex Trafficking

As you may know, Concerned Women for America (CWA) focuses on seven core issues: The sanctity of life, defense of the family, education, religious liberty, national sovereignty, sexual exploitation, and support for Israel. With sexual exploitation as one of those core issues, we made it a priority to attend a recent summit in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to […]
Urge North Dakota Governor Armstrong to Sign Obscenity Bill

There has been another great victory for the children in North Dakota! Our legislators have heard our voices and voted to support SB 2307 which strengthens the law to prevent minors from accessing obscenity. The bill not only requires libraries to implement safety policies that limit access to sexually explicit material to minors, but it […]
Urgent: Legislative Update from the State Capitol

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 As we proceed into the final week of the legislative session, significant bills that align with the core issues of Concerned Women for America are up for a final […]
TODAY – Do Your Part to Protect Our Children from Online Porn

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. — Proverbs 4:23 Great News: A good bill to curtail the access of minors to pornographic material online passed out of committee Friday, January 17. It will now be voted on in the House TOMORROW, January 21. HB1053 would require harmful […]
CWA Fights to Protect Children from Porn Online

Concerned Women for America’s Executive Vice President, Annabelle Rutledge, delivered the following remarks in support of children and Texas on the day of oral arguments for Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton at the U.S. Supreme Court: Overview of the CaseFree Speech Coalition v. Paxton It is a challenge to the constitutionality of Texas’ […]
Protect Kids from Explicit Apps

It is common knowledge, and unacceptable, that kids can access explicit material on Instagram, TikTok, and the other mainstream social media apps. But they are also being exposed to adult content through a variety of other lesser known, completely unregulated apps pushed to them through app stores. That’s why Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. […]
Great News: The Summer Study Passes Age Verification Bill!

We are pleased to report that the age verification bill that the “summer study” has been researching has passed! After hearing hours of testimony, and by a unanimous vote, the committee voted to support the bill (HB1257) sponsored by Rep. Bethany Soye and Sen. Red Dawn Foster. Thank the Lord, you can disregard the email I sent […]
Prayers and Action Needed to Protect Our Children from Pornography

“I will set before my eyes no vile thing.” Psalm 101:3 Yes, it is unusual to receive a state legislative alert when the legislature is not in session. However, please read on … As you may recall, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of South Dakota worked diligently on the age verification bill, HB1257, which failed […]
Putting a Stop to Online Exploitation: AI Deepfakes, Intimate Depictions, and Invasions of Rights

Since 2020, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake videos for deceptive purposes has doubled from 50,000 videos to 100,000. The use of AI deepfake technology poses an avenue by which online predators may create and dispense explicit imagery to exploit individuals for blackmail. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has introduced the Take It Down Act, […]
ACTION ALERT: Protect South Dakota Children from accessing porn!

Age Verification to Access Porn Bill Needs Your Action! HB1257, the age-verification bill, failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 4-3, sending the bill to the 41st legislative day (thus killing the bill). We wanted a no vote, which would have passed the bill to the Senate for a vote. Because this […]
Guardrails on Screentime in Schools is Good Commonsense Policy

While America’s schoolchildren are playing catch-up from years of COVID-induced learning loss, the federal government keeps expanding access to disruptive social media sites on school property. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) recently introduced legislation, “Eyes on the Board” (S. 3074), would promote learning, and not social media scrolling, within schools. The negative effects of social media […]
We need YOUR voice to protect Alabama children!

HB 298, a good bill to protect children from the harmful assault of pornography, will require manufacturers to have filtering technology automatically turned “on” when activated on smartphones and tablets. About the device filter: By activating filters on the device, instead of the network, the filter protects a minor online wherever the device is used. […]
The Spiritual War Against Children

I have pleaded with you before to realize that secular humanists are systematically targeting our children for indoctrination. A recent op-ed titled “Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it.” in one of our nation’s most prestigious newspapers, The Washington Post, helps stress the urgency of the call to stand up and fight […]
CWA Event: Protect Young Minds Online Act

If you live in or around Camdenton, Missouri, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Missouri invites you to come to hear CWA of Missouri Legislative Liaison, Alissa Johnson, speak on the Protect Young Minds Online Act (PYMOA), Tuesday, July 27 in Camdenton, Missouri. The Missouri State Capitol in advocating for the passage of PYMOA – […]
Calls Needed to Shield Children from Pornography

SB 336, the Protect Young Minds Online Act, is a very good bill. Sponsored by Sen. Rick Brattin (R-District 31), SB 336 will require internet providers to provide a filter so that when a person searches online and is directed to an obscene website, the person will be required to enter a password to proceed […]
Protect Young Minds Online Act Will Shield Missouri Children from Pornography

(From the left, President and Founder of Stop Trafficking Project, Russ Tuttle, Concerned Women for America (CWA) Missouri Legislative Liaisons Jennifer Gore, Chriss White, and Trish Mitchell, CWA of Missouri State Director, Bev Ehlen, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Heidi Olson, CWA Legislative Liaison Alissa Johnson, Sen. Rick Brattin, (R. District 31), Internet Engineer Jerry Angelo, […]