James Talarico Defends Abortion Rights in Texas Senate Race, Saying Bible Is Silent
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
James Talarico Defends Abortion Rights in Texas Senate Race, Saying Bible Is Silent
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
James Talarico said on a campaign interview published Monday that his Christian faith supports abortion rights, arguing politicians and the state should not decide the issue because “Jesus never talks about abortion.”
Texas’s Democratic Senate candidate tied that argument to the state’s near-total ban, calling it the nation’s most extreme and highlighting cases involving rape, incest and 10-year-old victims denied reproductive care.
The remarks fit Talarico’s broader faith-based progressive message: he previously said “God is non-binary” in a 2021 Texas House speech and has argued that biological sex can be a spectrum.
Polling has shown hypothetical tight matchups against Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, whose runoff will decide the GOP nominee for a seat that could help determine Senate control in 2026.
Talarico is also trying to end a long statewide drought for Texas Democrats, who have not won a U.S. Senate race there since 1988.
Could surging turnout among new voter demographics signal a major shift in Texas's electoral map?