James Talarico Lies About Christianity to Promote Killing Babies in Abortions

Texas Democrats woke up Wednesday morning with a new U.S. Senate nominee. State Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett in last night’s Democratic primary, according to the Associated Press and other election coverage.

For pro-life Texans, this result matters for one reason above all others. Talarico has built a record in Austin that consistently opposes protections for unborn children. Texas Right to Life scored him at 0 percent in 2019, documenting his opposition to increasing funding for the state’s Alternatives to Abortion program, his efforts to block restrictions on taxpayer dollars flowing to abortion providers, and his refusal to support the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act by voting “Present, Not Voting.”

But Talarico’s danger does not stop with votes. He sells abortion politics with religious language. He does not simply argue for legal abortion. He tries to persuade Christians that the Bible itself supports abortion. That is the most corrosive part of his project, because it aims at the conscience of believers. It aims to neutralize moral resistance, not by refuting the humanity of the child, but by recasting abortion as a spiritual duty dressed up as compassion.

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The clearest public example came through his high-visibility media appearances, including his conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience, which became a major driver of his national profile and his “progressive” religious brand. In that orbit, Talarico advanced a set of claims that critics across Christian media and apologetics circles have documented and rebutted: that “life begins at breath” as a basis to minimize the moral status of the unborn, and that the Annunciation story in Luke should be read as an argument about “consent” that translates into support for abortion rights.

This “consent” framing represents a profound theological sleight of hand. Scripture presents the Annunciation as a revelation of God’s plan and Mary’s faithful assent to a mission that brings life into the world. The entire Christian tradition treats Mary’s “yes” as a model of obedience that welcomes a child, not as a modern political template for ending a child’s life.

When Talarico turns the angel Gabriel’s message into a talking point about reproductive autonomy, he empties the passage of its meaning and substitutes a slogan. He also ignores the most basic fact of the narrative: Mary’s consent does not authorize destruction. It opens the door to Incarnation. It affirms life at its most vulnerable stage.

Even secular observers have noted that Talarico’s brand relies on this kind of faith-infused messaging. The Texas Tribune has reported on how his progressive take on Christianity and his viral appearances have made him an online sensation and a central figure in Democratic efforts to speak in religious terms without conceding ground on abortion. That strategy matters because it does not treat abortion as a tragedy. It treats abortion as something that can be baptized with selective proof texts and presented as moral progress.

Texans should not underestimate what this means in a U.S. Senate campaign. A candidate who votes against practical safeguards and then tells millions of listeners that Scripture supports abortion does not offer “common ground.” He offers a cultural weapon. He will use the language of faith to push federal policy that strips states of the ability to protect unborn children and to punish the institutions that serve women with real help. He will aim to make Christians doubt their own moral clarity, to make churches go quiet, and to make the unborn disappear behind rhetoric.

Texas has learned, again and again, that abortion politics never stays “personal.” It becomes law. It becomes funding. It becomes a regulation. It becomes coercion. When a politician pairs that agenda with a public campaign to twist Scripture, the harm spreads beyond legislation. It reaches into the moral imagination of the next generation.

This primary ended Tuesday night. The fight for the unborn does not end. Texans now face a candidate who has opposed pro-life measures in Austin and who has tried to sell that opposition as biblical.

The pro-life movement must answer him with truth, with courage, and with an unblinking insistence on the child’s humanity, and make certain he never strolls the halls of Congress.

LifeNews.com Note: Raimundo Rojas is the Outreach Director for the National Right to Life Committee. He is a former president of Florida Right to Life and has presented the pro-life message to millions in Spanish-language media outlets. He represents NRLC at the United Nations as an NGO. Rojas was born in Santiago de las Vegas, Havana, Cuba and he and his family escaped to the United States in 1968.

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