[trisham]

“You want a right to abortion? There’s nothing in the Constitution about that,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean you cannot prohibit it. Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law."

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Imho, he is saying that the Constitution does not give citizens the right to abortion (unlike what is implied in Roe vs. Wade). However, with the Constitution, we do have a way to prohibit abortion via state's rights. I also see nothing here that would disallow an amendment to the Constitution, although he didn't address that issue, probably because that would be much more difficult, but I am only guessing here.

I'm no lawyer, obviously.

[little jeremiah]

Yes, that is what it sounds as though he’s saying.

And also, at the time the Constitution was written and signed, those men would never have been able to envision a time when (a) a SCOTUS would force a “right to abortion” on the country or (b) people would have become so degraded that illicit sex and abortion were considered normal and proper.