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Josh and Erin Hawley's 'Love Life Initiative' Signals a New Phase of the Antiabortion Fight by Shoshanna Ehrlich
Antiabortion power couple Erin and Josh Hawley announced in December the launch of a new dark money antiabortion group: the Love Life Initiative.
Erin Hawley this week joined conservative law firm Lex Politica—founded by Chris Gober, former director and chief lawyer for Elon Musk’s America PAC—as chair of its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice. She was previously senior counsel at the far-right Christian legal advocacy Alliance Defending Freedom and member of the legal team responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has an A-grade from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
The Hawleys say their initiative was born from a “burning desire” to take back the public “argument on abortion”—which, they maintain, has been thwarted by Democrats who have “drowned out the pro-life narrative and overwhelmed the pro-life agenda” through the millions spent on “infrastructure, advocacy and advertising.”
It is decidedly impossible to square this claim with reality: Since the fall of Roe, lawmakers in abortion-hostile states have engaged in a scorched-earth campaign to restrict abortion access in several ways, and have succeed across wide swaths of the country.
Erin Hawley this week joined conservative law firm Lex Politica—founded by Chris Gober, former director and chief lawyer for Elon Musk’s America PAC—as chair of its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice. She was previously senior counsel at the far-right Christian legal advocacy Alliance Defending Freedom and member of the legal team responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has an A-grade from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
The Hawleys say their initiative was born from a “burning desire” to take back the public “argument on abortion”—which, they maintain, has been thwarted by Democrats who have “drowned out the pro-life narrative and overwhelmed the pro-life agenda” through the millions spent on “infrastructure, advocacy and advertising.”
It is decidedly impossible to square this claim with reality: Since the fall of Roe, lawmakers in abortion-hostile states have engaged in a scorched-earth campaign to restrict abortion access in several ways, and have succeed across wide swaths of the country.
https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/18/josh-and-erin-hawleys-love-life-initiative-signals-the-next-phase-of-the-antiabortion-fight/]
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