Concerned Women for America is rated Extreme right with Low factual reporting by Media Bias Fact Check.
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- Overall, we rate Concerned Women for America Extreme Right Biased and Questionable based on explicitly religious conservative advocacy, strong pro-Trump alignment, inflammatory anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and highly one-sided political messaging. We rate it Low for factual reporting due to advocacy-driven medical claims, ideological framing, and repeated presentation of contested social and scientific issues without adequate balance or context.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Religious Advocacy, Anti-LGBTQ Advocacy, Medical Misinformation
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT (9.0)
Factual Reporting: LOW (8.0)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a socially conservative Christian advocacy organization founded in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye as a conservative response to the feminist movement. CWA describes its mission as protecting and promoting “Biblical values and Constitutional principles” through prayer, education, and public-policy advocacy. Its core issues include abortion, traditional marriage and family policy, religious liberty, education, sexual exploitation, national sovereignty, and support for Israel.
Penny Young Nance serves as CEO and President. Nance also leads the affiliated Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee and previously served on President Donald Trump’s Life Advisory Council. CWA says it represents more than 500,000 participants through hundreds of state and local Prayer/Action Chapters and Young Women for America groups. Read Penny Nance’s biography.
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Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Funded by / Ownership
Concerned Women for America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded primarily through contributions. Its affiliated Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee operates separately for lobbying and political advocacy.
According to ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer, CWA reported approximately $6.08 million in revenue in fiscal year 2025, with about 98.6% coming from contributions. CWA also publishes an annual report and independently audited financial statements.
Analysis / Bias
Concerned Women for America demonstrates an extreme right-wing Christian conservative perspective. Its own About page describes American politics as a “cultural battle,” states that the organization seeks to influence public policy according to Biblical principles, and explicitly criticizes the “liberal mainstream media.” CWA opposes abortion, same-sex marriage, transgender rights policies, many international institutions, and progressive approaches to education while strongly supporting Israel and conservative religious-liberty policies.
Its alliance with President Donald Trump is also explicit. In What’s in Store for Congress in 2026, CWA celebrates Republican policy victories and praises Trump’s executive orders while urging Congress to make them permanent. Its 2026 She Prays, She Votes campaign encourages Christian women to support candidates who share the organization’s values.
CWA also uses inflammatory language regarding transgender people and medical care. For example, CWA Applauds Dept. of Education Burying Biden’s Illegal Title IX Rule refers to transgender inclusion as “trans insanity,” while God’s Design for Gender: Rejecting the Lies of Transition Surgeries frames gender-affirming care primarily through religious doctrine and advocacy rather than balanced medical evidence.
Factual reliability is further weakened by misleading medical claims. In FDA Provides Update on Abortion Drug Review, CWA describes mifepristone as fundamentally unsafe and cites an 11% serious-adverse-event figure while ignoring the broader body of evidence supporting the drug’s established safety profile. Such advocacy-driven presentation frequently substitutes ideological framing for neutral evaluation of scientific evidence.
Failed Fact Checks
- No failed fact checks found from major fact-checking organizations within the last five years.
- PolitiFact has one older 2009 fact check of CWA, rating a health-care claim Half True.
Overall, we rate Concerned Women for America Extreme Right Biased and Questionable based on explicitly religious conservative advocacy, strong pro-Trump alignment, inflammatory anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and highly one-sided political messaging. We rate it Low for factual reporting due to advocacy-driven medical claims, ideological framing, and repeated presentation of contested social and scientific issues without adequate balance or context. (D. Van Zandt 8/18/2017) Updated (11/3/2026)
Source: https://concernedwomen.org/
Last Updated on November 3, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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