James Talarico

Yeah.

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.

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.

Yeah, it's a great question, and this is an issue that a lot of Christians struggle with, and that there's a lot of fierce and passionate debate about.

within our faith communities.

And so it's one I want to be very sensitive about because people of good faith can arrive at different moral conclusions.

And I feel like we do not have the kind of tolerance for that disagreement right now within the church, within our politics, and it's corrosive.

Because I think about someone like Pope Francis, I think about someone like Pope Leo, these are spiritual heroes of mine.

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.