pro-life

Remembering Sen. Lindsey Graham, Who Refused to Forget the Preborn

Bipartisan tributes celebrating the life and mourning the death of Senator Lindsey Graham are continuing to pour in as the South Carolina lawmaker is remembered as a hard-scrabble politician who fought passionately and yet managed to make and keep friends beyond his own political party.

“Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead!” President Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social. “He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!”

Many of the accolades over the last day have centered on Senator Graham’s principled commitment to America’s strong military defense and his unwavering support for such allies as Israel and Ukraine.

In fact, Senator Graham had just returned from Ukraine on Saturday afternoon only hours before he reportedly collapsed and died later that evening.

But what hasn’t received as much attention regarding the senator was his consistent pro-life advocacy and stellar voting record in support of pre-born life. He regularly received 100% ratings from National Right to Life, and, most recently, an A+ rating on the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) National Pro-life Scorecard. 

At the time of the designation, he declared, “America is at her best when she’s standing up for the least among us, and I will continue to fight to protect the lives of the unborn.”

And that’s exactly what he did.

It was that conviction that led SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser to grieve the South Carolinian’s passing with a heartfelt statement on Sunday morning, calling him “A man of vision and tenacity.”

She continued:

He gave wise counsel and advocacy in countless difficult moments fighting for the rights of the unborn child. He expended himself to the work he was called to do, stepping up when no one else would. On the fundamental value of the not-yet-born child to live, he said to all who would listen: ‘It’s not about geography!’ Indeed, his ability to persuade transcended geographic and political boundaries.

All those little voices never heard here in this world are singing to him now. SBA Pro-Life America joins the chorus of thanks.

I will deeply miss my friend. There will be no replacements for Lindsey Graham. Just protégés.

Over the years, Senator Graham unapologetically opposed taxpayer funding of abortion and strongly advocated for the Hyde Amendment, federal legislation that prohibits federal dollars from being used to take innocent life.

Senator Graham sponsored the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” important legislation that he repeatedly introduced. He has co-sponsored the “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” which would require medical personnel to provide lifesaving care for babies born despite attempts to abort the child.

Following the reversal of Roe and the Dobbs decision, which returned the question of abortion’s legality to the states, Graham pushed back on the idea that pro-lifers should be satisfied with the decision.

“The pro-life movement has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child—not geography,” he posited. Senator Graham correctly recognized that every pre-born baby, regardless of which state their mother lives in, is deserving of full protection. 

“I do not believe completely abandoning the unborn under the guise of states’ rights serves the conservative cause or makes us a better nation.”

As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham is being remembered for his fiery defense of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. During the 2018 hearings, which saw Justice Kavanaugh accused of vague and unverified charges of sexual abuse, Senator Graham called the process “an unethical sham” and roared, “This is the most despicable thing I have seen in my time in politics.”

In defending the future Justice Kavanaugh, Graham was also helping secure a future vote to overturn Roe.

During his four terms as a member of the House of Representatives and his four terms in the United States Senate, Graham consistently championed legislation that protected religious liberty and voted for judicial nominees who pledged to support those principles.

A Southern Baptist, the senator made one of his final public appearances in the U.S. at a July 4th celebration at the “Carolina Celebration of Liberty” and at First Baptist Church of Columbia, S.C.

“I love coming here,” he said. “This is like the highlight of the year for me to come to this service with my family to remind me what our country is about through Baptists who can sing and dance. And to those who say Baptists cannot sing and dance, come here; you will be proven wrong.”

We join those grieving the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and thank the Lord for his unblemished pro-life convictions.

A Young Poet’s Pro-Life Voice is Censored — But Her Poem Goes Viral Online

A misapplied liberal bumper sticker has it that “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History.” It is never applied to strong Christian women being faithful to what God has called them to. But that is precisely what academic historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich was referring to when she penned this quote in a scholarly 1976 journal article.

Ulrich was describing the highly devout Puritan woman of the American colonies.

There is a faithful Christian lass in Jefferson County, Colorado who is actually making history for being silenced by her liberally minded Drake Middle School teacher and school administrators. The Daily Citizen does not know this 13-year-old girl’s name, but we are deeply moved by her brilliance, conviction and passion.

Her seventh-grade class was assigned to write a slam poem about, as she explained, “a conflict in the world that we are passionate about.” She chose to write about life because choosing life is a very important part of her family’s story. Neither she nor her mother would exist if her grandmother had not bravely and selflessly chosen life when she found herself pregnant at the tender age of 14. But she did, and they are all thankful.

Yet, her teacher told her she could not present her poem before the class, even though she carefully met all the criteria outlined by the assignment. It was the topic, and her voice, that was muzzled. The mom explained she was told “because of the offensive material in the poem, that they were not going to allow her to present.” 

You can hear this creative poem and judge for yourself if it is offensive and deserving of being banned. It starts with a famous quote from Dr. Suess, “A life is a life, no matter how small.”

It is a lovely, thoughtful piece of work. What a remarkable girl!

But this girl and her mom were told it was “too political.”

The mother rightfully pushed back on the teacher, explaining many other students’ poems presented controversial material like racial politics, LGBT issues, and immigration, but to no resolve.

Yet, it gets worse.

When this mindful girl asked her teacher why she would not be able to present her poem, her teacher told her she would not even be able to be present in the classroom while other students read their own poems. She would have to sit outside. Unlike Rosa Parks who was unjustly asked to move to the back of the bus, this girl was asked to step off the bus.

This young teen bravely pressed the matter and the teacher relented, allowing her to be in the class with her fellow students to hear them recite their poems.

Of her own crisis-laden conception, in which her mother bravely chose life, the student’s mother beautifully explained, “There is hope in hard situations. There is purpose in pain. And good things come out of situations that seem bleak and my family is proof of that.”

Thank God for such beautiful strong female voices speaking truth amid a culture of death. Shame on the Jefferson County, Colorado, school officials for illiberally muting this spirited and intelligent girl’s talented pro-life voice. 

JeffCO Public Schools can be contacted at the following:

JeffCO Public Schools / 1829 Denver West Drive #27 / Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: 303-982-6500

National Pro-Life Summit: Equipping Students to Lead with Courage

As many as 2,000 high school and college-aged students attended the 2026 National Pro-Life Summit on January 24 for advocacy, leadership and policy engagement training.

The annual Summit, which Students for Life hosted for the fifth year in a row, is held the day after the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., bringing together pro-life advocates, students and leaders for training, workshops and strategy sessions. 

Over the past five years the Summit has expanded in scope and attendance. The first Summit was held about six months before the Dobbs decision overruled Roe v. Wade.

The legal, cultural, and medical landscape has changed quite significantly since then, with an increased emphasis on state-level pro-life legislation, pro-life apologetics, and becoming influencers for life on campus and online. 

This year marked the first-ever live Summit debate held the evening before the event. Two pro-life advocates, including Students for Life President Kristen Hawkins, debated two abortion activists. 

The debate demonstrated why advocates for life must be intellectually prepared as well as morally grounded to make the case for life — especially on college campuses that can be more hostile to the pro-life movement.

At last year’s Summit, Charlie Kirk was honored with the Defender of Life Award. He challenged attendees not to be afraid to engage in politics to advance the cause of life. 

Participants at this year’s Summit were encouraged to continue the Kirk’s good work by standing for life on their campuses.

Students for Life also honored Kirk and his legacy at the National March for life by making and distributing special signs. One sign read, “Freedom for Preborn Babies.” The other included an outline of Charlie Kirk with his first in the air and read, “Get married and have babies. You won’t regret it.” 

Those signs were among the most popular at the March for Life.

The heart of the one-day Summit is a line of workshops and keynote speeches.

The workshops were divided into three tracks: Leading to Win, Changing Minds, and Serving Women and Saving Live. 

The Leading to Win track focused on policy, with workshops like “Defunding Big Abortion: In Congress & the States,” “Beyond Roe: Legal Landscape of Pro-Life Laws & Litigation Post-Dobbs,” and “Raising Your Political Voice.”

The Changing Minds track focused on intellectual preparedness with workshops on advanced apologetics, how the Christian theology of the body shapes a pro-life culture, and pro-life concerns with in vitro fertilization.  

The Serving Women and Saving Lives track offered workshops that helped students consider working in the pro-life movement after college, discuss the latest innovations being used to change minds about abortion, and the essential role the church must play in ending abortion.

This year’s keynote speaker was Riley Gaines. In her speech, she encouraged students to be courageous and bold in defending preborn life, without fear of political consequences. 

Gaines, who became a mother in October, championed the strength and beauty of motherhood, calling it the most rewarding thing she’s ever done.

She offered the audience four pieces of advice:

• You don’t need to have every answer to speak the truth. Conviction matters more than perfection. 

• Speak even if you feel fear. Courage is acting in spite of fear.

• Be calm and confident as you speak the truth.

• Find community. Community allows us to multiply courage in the movement.

The Daily Citizen applauds Students for Life for equipping the next generation to advocate for a culture of life in America. The pro-life movement is clearly alive and well among young people.

Which Book Would You Want Your Child to Read?

Two children’s books. Two opposing worldviews. One cultural fork in the road.

This month, Live Action released I’m a Baby. Watch Me Grow, a children’s board book highlighting prenatal human development in the womb.

Next month, Abortion Is Everything, a children’s book written by abortion activists and aimed at kids as young as five, will be released.

The timing is not accidental. It reflects a broader cultural struggle over who will shape the values of the next generation — and how early that influence begins.

Abortion Is Everything was written by the founders of Shout Your Abortion, an organization devoted to normalizing abortion. Marketed directly to young children, the book presents abortion as a “superpower” — a tool that enables people to pursue their future.

This is not education. It is indoctrination.

The book offers no honest account of abortion’s reality: that it ends a human life. It entirely avoids the moral gravity of that act. Instead, abortion is framed as something good, necessary and affirming — presented to children who are still learning the most basic distinctions between right and wrong.

The underlying message is clear: personal autonomy matters more than life itself.

In sharp contrast stands I’m a Baby. Watch Me Grow. It simply presents biological reality — heartbeat, growth, movement and development in the womb.

It doesn’t mention abortion. It doesn’t need to.

Both books communicate a position on abortion, but they do so in fundamentally different ways.

One begins with a political conclusion and attempts to train children to accept it morally.

The other begins with biological truth and allows moral understanding to follow naturally.

One refuses to recognize the preborn child at all.

The other acknowledges that the preborn baby is a human being in its earliest stage.

These books reflect a deep cultural divide — a disagreement not just about policy, but about who is human and which humans deserve protection.

Abortion advocates understand this debate is not merely legal, but moral and generational. They know children form beliefs early, so they wrap abortion in pictures, affirming language and emotional appeals.

Pro-life advocates are responding by grounding children in truth: that life before birth is real, human and worthy of moral consideration.

Every culture reveals what it values by what it protects. Are we a culture that elevates self-autonomy and self-interest above all — even when the cost is a vulnerable human life? Or are we a culture that recognizes the value of human life regardless of size, location, ability or dependency?

Children’s books are not neutral. They are tools of moral formation. They teach children what matters — and who matters.

One book teaches children that abortion is freedom. The other teaches that life is worthy of protection.

These are not competing facts. They are competing visions of humanity.

One leads toward a culture that affirms death. The other toward a culture that chooses life.

So, which book would you want your child to read?

Arkansas Named Most Pro-life State in America for Sixth Year

Americans United for Life named Arkansas the most pro-life state in the nation for the sixth year in a row. This recognition, which AUL announced in its newly released 2026 life list, affirms Arkansas’ long-term leadership in defending life from conception to natural death.

AUL’s annual ranking of all 50 states evaluates state-specific abortion regulations, protections for the preborn, end-of-life care, conscience protections for health care workers and efforts to promote a culture of life. The list also offers a comprehensive look at each state’s life-affirming policies, including bioethics, assisted suicide, conscience protections for medical workers and abortion policy.

Once again, Arkansas was recognized as a national model for pro-life policy and comprehensive legislative action. It protects all preborn babies, promotes adoption, defends conscience protections, advocates for vulnerable groups like the elderly and disabled, and provides funding for pregnancy resource centers.

The top five most pro-life states in the nation were Arkansas, Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Each demonstrated a strong commitment to strengthening life protections for the preborn and expanding support for expecting mothers and families. Rounding out the top ten are South Dakota, Arizona, Kentucky, Idaho and Tennessee.

Unfortunately, pro-life momentum from past years has waned as many states have contended with pro-abortion ballot measures attempting to enshrine abortion-on-demand in state constitutions.

In the last year, seven states passed amendments to put so-called abortion rights in state constitutions, including Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York. However, for the first time, three states (Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota) successfully defeated efforts to enshrine abortion in their constitution.

The five lowest-ranking states on this year’s list were Washington, Hawaii, Vermont, New Jersey and Oregon, with Oregon coming in last. These states received the lowest marks for their expansive abortion-on-demand laws, permissive assisted suicide statutes and laws shielding abortion providers from liability for violating other states’ pro-life laws.

Source: Americans United for Life

AUL’s life list is important because it serves as a scorecard for the pro-life community to identify which states are advancing the cause of life and to determine where more work needs to be done to promote life-affirming laws and policies.

Arkansas’s consistent leadership in advancing comprehensive pro-life policies demonstrates how one state’s vision and commitment can serve as a roadmap for other states seeking to strengthen a culture of life through law.

To learn more about how each state can strengthen its life-affirming state-based laws, consider consulting AUL’s State Spotlight.

In addition, state legislators may wish to connect with AUL regarding model legislation they can introduce in their state to protect and promote life.

Click here to see where your state ranks on the life list.

Image from Shutterstock.