Veggie Tales Creator and Co-Host Question the Point of Overturning Roe V. Wade: ‘It’s Almost Irrelevant at this Point’

Veggie Tales creator Phil Vischer, the man who swears he’s not progressive despite coming out as pro-choice, knocking creationists as a bunch of dummies, crediting his white privilege for the success of his show, arguing that liberals and Democrats are the real pro-lifers who have been reducing abortion, claiming he didn’t know there was such things black Christians until he was an adult, thumbing his nose at “Cracker Barrel Christians“, and most recently getting upset at Christians for opposing LGBTQ, has joined forces with his evangelical intelligentsia comrades and have come up with some new ‘Big Brain’ ideas about abortion, questioning whether there is even a point abolishing Roe v Wade, as it only arguably decreases abortion by 10%, and basically won’t make a difference.

From episode 149 of the Holy Post Podcast:

Phil Vischer: And I just had to point out Roe v. Wade didn’t make abortion legal, it made it illegal for states to make it illegal. Which means if Roe v Wade goes away, it is now again up to the states. And as David French points out, the majority of Americans live in the most populous states, which typically have the most progressive reproductive laws and public opinions. So the majority of Americans will still have access to abortion, even if Roe v Wade was overturned. And for other Americans, all you have to do is drive to one of those states.

Skye Jethani: And I think was just a few years ago, the abortion rate today in the United States is actually lower than it was before Roe. So strictly speaking, we have already managed to reverse the impact of Roe on the actual abortion rate without getting rid of Roe. So what’s so big… (about reversing it?)

Kristin Kobes Du Mez: This is a dog whistle, this is a dog whistle. (Editor’s note. Only progressives use the term, ‘dog whistle’) And I think Republicans campaigning do understand that all they need to do is keep throwing that out there and people will buy it and believe it.

Skye Jethani: To be fair though it’s not just Republicans. I mean Democrats run on protecting Roe as a rallying call for their voters. So both sides use this Roe issue as the kind of catnip that gets their bases upset and motivated. Whereas you know, in the actual number of abortions happening, Roe is almost irrelevant at this point.

Phil Vischer: Yeah, David French quotes one study that estimated if Roe was overturned abortion, the amount of abortions might decrease in America by about 10%. 10 to 12%. Because of lack of access from conservative states and people that can’t make the drive to a more liberal state, so everything we’ve been fighting for in terms of presidents and justices may ultimately have the ability to only do 10% of the impact that we want.

Previously, Vischer and Jethani have argued that liberals are the real pro-lifers who have been reducing abortion, not the conservatives, and that if people actually care about bringing down the abortion rate they would have supported the Biden-Harris ticket and vote for the Democrats, not the Republicans.

As we pointed out a few days ago, despite his 10% claim, abortions fell by half in Texas after a bill was introduced to make abortion after a heartbeat can be detected legal. This is also notwithstanding that even if it were “only 10% of babies” that is still an enormous number of children being murdered in the womb. Roe v. Wade doesn’t serve merely a utilitarian purpose, but overturning it also makes a statement itself.

For this crowd though, it would really only be a ho-hum affair.

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