advertisement advertisementAllred has made abortion access in Texas one of the key issues in his campaign against incumbent U.S. Despite his long-standing, full-throated support for Texas’ abortion ban, though, Paxton has been relatively quiet about the issue on the campaign trail thus far. Kate Cox of Dallas was backed by other Texas women at a 2024 Allred rally who have suffered from the uncertainty surrounding Texas abortion laws. The audience did not ask Talarico about his stance on abortion access. (He has spoken against the state’s abortion ban, and said on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that he believes Christian opposition to abortion is “not rooted in scripture.”