James Talarico filed a bill to rename 'pregnant woman' to 'pregnant individual'.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
Several sources report that Talarico introduced a 2023 Texas abortion-protection bill (cited as HB 819) that replaced 'woman' with 'pregnant individual', and that it never advanced past committee. The sources are mostly lower-tier or echo one another, and the PolitiFact piece covers a different Talarico vote (SB 14), so the evidence is directional rather than from a primary bill record.
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… of defense when there is a Democrat president is the Texas Attorney General's office, to go fight back and defeat the crazy things that they're trying to do to destroy our state, and it's it's not just on law and order. You know, like, for example, you know, my Democrat opponent, uh, James Tallarico, they filed a bill to rename pregnant woman pregnant individual. That's insane, right? That's ridiculous. Uh, but look, we know the left, what they would do if they got a hold of the Texas AG's Office. …
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Supports. Fox News reports that Talarico, in a 2023 bill that would have protected abortion, swapped 'woman' for 'pregnant individual', and that the bill never got past committee.[5]
Supports. A Rep. Mitch Little post cites Talarico filing House Bill 819 in 2023 and says it redefined 'woman' in Texas law as 'pregnant individual'; the post links to a Texas Legislature bill page.[2]
Supports. Unbiased Times and a TotalNews aggregator both describe a 2023 Talarico bill that replaced 'woman' with 'pregnant individual' in abortion-related legislation.[3][4]
Context. PolitiFact's fact-check concerns Talarico's vote against SB 14 on gender-affirming care for minors. It does not address the 'pregnant individual' bill, so it neither confirms nor refutes the claim.[1]
Context. The claim omits that the bill was an abortion-protection measure and that it stalled in committee; the claim's core, that he filed such a bill, is not contradicted by any source.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1TX ad misleads on Talarico, gender-affirming care for minorspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2James Talarico filed House Bill 819 in 2023 to repeal all of Texas's ...x.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Talarico shifts stance on immigration, abortion in Texas ...unbiasedtimes.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Tag: Talaricototalnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Texas Senate candidate Talarico used 'pregnant individual' ...foxnews.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports, context
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