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Fred understands that there is simply not enough support for an anti-abortion constitutional amendment to be passed and ratified by 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of state legislatures. The next best thing would be a USSC reversal of Roe v Wade which would put the matter back where it was before 1973 and would allow state legislatures to decide whether or not to outlaw abortion in their own states. One more originalist USSC appointment like Roberts or Alito would probably do that and two more would almost guarantee it, and I believe that's what Fred is saying without actually putting it into those words.

Yes most, or at least many, of us would like to see abortion totally outlawed in every state and US territory. But that is not going to happen as long as there are at least 13 states which want to keep abortion legal and therefore will not ratify an amendment to ban abortion in every state. I say lets take what we may be able to get now and then work from there for a total ban on the killing of unborn babies, and if I'm not mistaken that's just what Fred is proposing that we do.

if I'm not mistaken

You are mistaken. Thompson, and Huckabee, and Romney, and McCain, and Paul, all say that states have the ultimate right to decide the abortion question.

Again, this is in direct opposition to the Reagan pro-life plank, which recognizes the personhood of the unborn, and their protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.