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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 wheneve...

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 le...

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 ver...

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 sin...

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 minorit...