James Talarico

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4,239 appearances 18 recordings 14 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 3 Jun

James Talarico’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Jamie Kern Lima Show · James Talarico Reveals All (Pt 3): Fighting to Flip Tables + Take Texas, Christianity & the Country Back · 25 May 2026 podcast

Both of them are firmly opposed to abortion rights.

So we disagree on that issue.

I trust Texas women to make decisions about their own bodies, to shape their own destinies in consultation with their family members, their doctors, their faith leaders.

I don't believe that's a place for government.

I don't believe it's a place for politicians.

I don't believe it's a place for the state.

And that's a belief I hold not despite my faith, but because of my faith.

Jesus never talks about abortion.

The Bible is silent on abortion.

And when that happens with a social issue as important as abortion, we Christians have to take scripture as a whole, and we've got to try to make some kind of ethical determination.

Right now in Texas, we have the most extreme abortion ban in the country, no exception for rape, no exception for incest.

We have girls as young as 10 years old who are

assaulted, who are raped, who are victims of incest, and who can't access basic reproductive care, who aren't able to make the decision about whether or not they are going to create.

And again, just my personal belief is that we have to give women and girls the freedom to make this decision as moral agents, as our sisters in Christ.

And I'm not saying that's an easy decision to come to, but that's where I've arrived.

And I will say that I think me and Pope Francis, Pope Leo,

Any Christian who's against abortion rights, we can find common ground on reducing the number of abortions.

We know how to do this.

If we treat this issue as a public health issue rather than as a culture war issue, we could reduce the number of unwanted or unplanned pregnancies and therefore reduce the number of abortions.

Scientifically valid sex education is

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