{"id":2646625,"date":"2026-08-18T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-group-endorses-darline-graham-nordone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:09:35","slug":"anti-abortion-group-endorses-darline-graham-nordone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-group-endorses-darline-graham-nordone\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-abortion group endorses Darline Graham Nordone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-abortion-group-endorses-darline-graham-nordone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An anti-abortion group endorsed interim Senator Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) shortly after supporting Ralph Norman in South Carolina\u2019s senate primary. The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Candidate Fund praised Graham Nordone for her pro-life principles and her commitment to opposing extreme abortion policies, such as Massachusetts\u2019 recent legislation permitting elective abortions through all stages of pregnancy. This endorsement highlights a stark contrast to Norman, who was supported by Students for Life Action due to Graham Nordone\u2019s perceived silence on abortion issues, partly stemming from her previous donation to a pro-abortion legislator. Graham Nordone\u2019s stance on abortion has faced scrutiny, yet she affirms her pro-life position and has been endorsed by former President Trump and other Republican figures. The political debate underscores the ongoing conflict over abortion policies, with supporters emphasizing moral principles and opposing extreme legislative measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"200\">abortion<\/a> group announced its endorsement of interim Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/darline-graham-nordone\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23139\">Darline Graham Nordone<\/a> (R-SC), who has faced accusations of being weak on pro-life policy, just one day after a national anti-abortion group endorsed Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ralph-norman\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4637\">Ralph Norman<\/a> (R-SC) in the closely watched <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"524\">South Carolina<\/a> Senate primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Susan B. Anthony\u00a0Pro-Life America Candidate Fund, a political action committee that backs candidates who advocate for anti-abortion policy, endorsed Graham Nordone on Tuesday, saying she is \u201ccut from the same cloth\u201d as her late brother, whom she is looking to replace. The organization\u2019s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, attended Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s funeral last month.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691682\/anti-abortion-darline-graham-nordone-senate-endorsement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Anti-abortion group endorses Graham Nordone after student group backs Norman<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691234\/hakeem-jeffries-progressive-backlash-condemning-antisemitic-remarks-randy-fine\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jeffries faces progressive backlash for condemning antisemitic attacks on Randy Fine<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691134\/talarico-poach-cornyn-staffer-jacob-smith\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Talarico campaign poaches former Cornyn staffer in race against Paxton<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHer pro-life values are passionate and deeply rooted in principle,\u201d Dannenfelser said of Graham Nordone. \u201cShe\u2019s committed to justice and mercy for unborn children and justice and mercy for their moms. She believes our nation must be one that lives up to the promises of our founding documents and believes that we must be a pro-life nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dannenfelser pointed to Massachusetts <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4681342\/massachusetts-allow-abortion-up-to-birth\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4681342\/massachusetts-allow-abortion-up-to-birth\/\">recently approving legislation<\/a> that allows for elective abortion through all weeks of pregnancy based upon the professional judgment of a medical doctor performing the abortion as a reason for backing Graham Nordone, who she said will be a fighter to take on states with such policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly eight countries in the world have such a brutal and extreme policy. They include China and Vietnam, among others. The Democrats will stop at nothing to force every single state in our nation to have the same brutal policy and make taxpayers fund it. That\u2019s why the stakes of this year\u2019s election are so high,\u201d Dannenfesler said. \u201cDarline lives by the Graham rule. Life is a matter of human rights, not geography. Where you live should never determine whether you live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The endorsement comes just one day after Students for Life Action, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-facilitated-gruesome-taxpayer-funded-experiments-with-aborted-fetuses\/\" title=\"University Facilitated Gruesome, Taxpayer-Funded Experiments With Aborted Fetuses\">anti-abortion\u00a0group<\/a> with chapters across the United States, announced its support for Norman. SFLA specifically noted that it chose to endorse Norman over Graham Nordone because the latter \u201chas been silent on abortion over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abortion has been a pressure point for Graham Nordone, with some questioning her stance on the topic due to her previous donation to former Republican state Sen. Katrina Shealy\u2019s 2023 campaign after she blocked anti-abortion legislation in the state. SFLA noted the donation in its endorsement of Norman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4689441\/students-for-life-action-endorse-norman-over-graham-nordone-south-carolina-senate-race\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4689441\/students-for-life-action-endorse-norman-over-graham-nordone-south-carolina-senate-race\/\">ANTI-ABORTION GROUP BACKS NORMAN OVER GRAHAM NORDONE IN SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacksongosnell\/status\/2089435684394180706?s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacksongosnell\/status\/2089435684394180706?s=20\">asked about her relationship<\/a> with Shealy on Monday following the SFLA snub, Graham Nordone said she had supported the former state senator due to her work with the disabled community, not because of her stance on abortion. Graham Nordone said she is \u201cdefinitely pro-life\u201d and denied having a close friendship with Shealy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham Nordone has also been endorsed by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC), a former rival who placed third in the special Republican primary, as well as a slate of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-abortion group backs Graham Nordone after Norman endorsement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2646626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26223602628608.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82672,39035,8347],"class_list":["post-2646625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-darline-graham-nordone","tag-political-endorsement","tag-pro-life"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26223602628608.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646629,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646625\/revisions\/2646629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}