Record 11 · Faith & abortion
Used Mary's consent to defend abortion rights
July 18, 2025
On The Joe Rogan Experience, Talarico argued that the annunciation, in which Mary is asked and agrees to bear a child, supports a right to reproductive choice.
“You cannot force someone to create.”
Conservative assessment
The argument enlists a biblical account of accepting a child as scriptural warrant for abortion rights, a reading most orthodox Christian traditions reject.
Sources
Research reviewed September 8, 2026
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