James Talarico, a candidate for U.S.Senate in Texas, once swapped out the term "woman" with "pregnant individual" in a bill that would have created protections for abortion in the Lone Star State.The bill would have prevented "the prosecution of a pregnant individual on whom an abortion is performed or induced" and eliminated any Texas law that would have regulated or prohibited an abortion.It never made it past consideration in committee.Despite its stalled progress, the 2023 bill runs counter to Talarico’s efforts to paint himself as sufficiently conservative to represent Texas in the U.S.
Senate as he wages an uphill campaign to defeat Republican challenger Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general.‘GOD IS NON-BINARY’: TEXAS DEM NOMINEE TALARICO’S PAST REMARKS ON ABORTION, RACE AND GENDER DRAW SCRUTINYJames Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate, speaks at a campaign event in Round Rock, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.(Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"I’ve called out the extremes in both parties," Talarico said in an interview with CBS last month.When asked about his position on gender and previous comments that there were as many as six sexes, Talarico clarified his stance."I know there are two sexes, men and women.
I also know there’s a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities and I believe they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."When asked about the bill, Talarico's campaign emphasized the abortion-related aspect of the bill, leaving the gender wording unaddressed."James agrees with a majority of Texans that women should make decisions about their own bodies.While billionaire-bought politicians like Ken Paxton spread lies to divide Texans, James will continue to stand up against both political parties to fix this broken, corrupt political system and support Texas families," JT Ennis, a campaign spokesperson, told Fox News Digital.The bill’s resurfacing coincide...