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ben: democrats can t get their act together when it comes to biden s radical spending bill. they are at odds with the numbers. the pet projects and now they are arguing over the inclusion of the hyde amendment. this includes federal funding for abortions and senator joe manchin wants it in the bill. members of his own party want it gone for good. joining me now to react fox & friends weekend co-host rachel campos-duffy and liz wheeler host of the liz wheeler show. liz, the hyde amendment used to be something that was an agreed upon thing. it had bipartisan support. it was included whenever you were sending these things out and democrats would run on saying well i m personally have certain views on abortion but i don t think we should use your money to fund it. what changed? well, the radical left, aoc, the squad came in and changed the democratic party as you know. i mean the hyde amendment, as you mentioned, the hyde amendment used to be an a ....
So what s going on in the district court of texas, has importance independent of what happens in the u.s. supreme court, in the mississippi case. professor quickly before you go. i want to get your reaction to hearing dr. ghazaleh moayedi say, i ve heard this from people say in states like texas before, roe v. wade into play in texas anyway. but even though there was a victory for abortion rights in the supreme court for roe v. wade, that never really got enforced in states like texas. well, in a certain sense, that s undoubtedly, true and dr. ghazaleh moayedi, is closer to the ground level here than i am. and i ve certainly heard stories throughout the country, that roe v. wade was true in theory, and not always true in practice, certainly the poorest women, who might have needed medicaid or other help to pay for abortion, as was cut out by the hyde amendment, and all kinds of so kinds of trap laws, ....
Were cut out by the hyde amendment and all kinds of so-called trap laws imposed obstacles to the enforcement of roe v. wade by saying that you had to have certain waiting periods, sonograms. you had to have a procedure done in a hospital that was equipped for full surgical procedures in case something went wrong, and all of those laws made it much harder. but still, roe v. wade was the law and that s what s very much in danger now. because if roe is completely hollowed out, then the women of this country are going to be in terrible danger. harvard law professor lawrence tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. always appreciate it. thank you, lawrence. thank you. coming up tonight, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, and members of the biden white house team are meeting at the capitol for another late night of the negotiations. we ll be joined tonight by congresswoman aya na presley and ....
Kind of shock wave and convulsion it would cause if that happened. and so, they ve they re almost eculture rating people to a world of illegal abortion so that when they do overturn roe, when they do rule on this less extreme, 15-week mississippi ban, it will be hard to kind of rouse people. so i think it s a challenge at this moment when people feel so inundated, so battered, to sort of summon the outrage and defiance that the moment calls for. rebecca? and i think that has been what michelle is describing is has been the challenge on the part of abortion defenders for decades since roe was decided and very soon after we had a the hyde amendment, made abortion all but illegal, totally inaccessible to vast portions of this population is the legislative writer that says you can t use government insurance to pay for abortion care making this legal and ....
To them. shannon: i want to read something. there s a debate about the hyde amendment and government funding. even if people consider themselves pro-life or pro-choice the majority of americans oppose taxpayers funding. axios writing house democrats advanced spending bill without the hyde amendment. the big picture, the amendment disproportionally impact low income women and many women of color who receive health care coverage through government-sponsored plans like medicaid. they say it s unfair to say that funding stream cannot flow. women of color and people of color in different minority groups. if you oppose the hyde amendment then that s what that s about. it is suggesting somehow that the answer to poverty or the answer to her is to take the life of another human being. the pro-life movement links arms and cares for the least of ....