Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) unveils a nationwide abortion bill with new abortion restrictions, during a news conference alongside representatives from national anti-abortion organizations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September, 13, 2022.(Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

The late senator approached battles to protect human life with energy and joy.

The pro-life movement mourns the loss of one of its foremost champions, Senator Lindsey Graham, this past weekend. To me, he was also a friend.

Many will recall Graham’s fiery 2018 Senate speech that crystallized the sense that now–Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was an innocent man greatly wronged. But there’s much more about his pro-life legacy that deserves to be known and celebrated.

Graham approached every pro-life battle with the tenacity of the Air Force JAG colonel he was. He spent years working to pass the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, first in the House and then the Senate. Enacted after ...

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