it's dan lipinski. >> is it worth the fight inside the party to defend dan lipinski or not?has to make the decision, but the good news is we're winning. democrats are winning on the issue of supporting roe and insuring there's access to safe abortions in this country. i always say this, we're with the majority. 7 out of 10 americans believe that roe v. wade should stand, that women should have choices to access safe abortion. 7 out of 10. this isn't even a close deal. and so we are in the right place. we're on the right issue here, and we just have to stay focused on this. for women and the families and men who love them. >> if you look at the sort of the last 20 years, the right side of the abortion debate, the pro life side of the abortion debate has been very aggressive in trying to pass laws to support their side of the issue. the pro choice side almost sometimes runs away from codifying laws in states and instead plays defense. it's always defense. it does seem as if some, you have some of the presidential candidates saying why don't you codify roe, and you have seen a

host: dan lipinski, democrat from illinois, talked about the bill on the house floor this week. our capital producer craig kaplan tweeted some of that. he said, i will vote for the equality act, but before it becomes law we must do more to ensure religious liberty. so far congressman lipinski and house republicans who have expressed similar views, what are their concerns over religious protections? sandhya: their concerns stem back to a 1993 law which was bipartisan and establishes that religious protections are protected for individuals. a lot of what we heard the committee level and on the floor discussing this bill is that there needs to be protections in place for people with religious beliefs to be able to continue those beliefs while still going forward with protecting everyone. host: house speaker nancy pelosi said she expects all democrats will vote for the measure. there is some republican support, brian fitzpatrick from pennsylvania tweeting, i met with representatives and members of our community who joined me in supporting the equality act. we must stand together to