Chris Wallace Let Trump Push The Right-Wing Media Myth Of "Partial-Birth" Abortion

Source: mediamatters.org - Wednesday, October 19, 2016
During the final presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace asked Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton a substantive question about her stance on the legality of abortion restrictions, yet he allowed Republican nominee Donald Trump to avoid a similar question and instead repeat the baseless right-wing media myth that Clinton supports so-called ???partial-birth??? abortion. Throughout this election cycle, reproductive rights advocates have been pushing for debate moderators to #AskAboutAbortion . Although Wallace asked Clinton a substantive question about her previous vote against a piece of anti-choice legislation that did not meet the requirements of Roe v .Wade , he failed to fact-check Trump???s misleading pivot to ???partial-birth??? abortions. In response to Clinton???s comments about the importance of ensuring any restriction on abortion includes constitutionally-mandated exceptions for the health and safety of the mother, Trump falsely claimed that Clinton believes ???you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother.??? Trump continued that Clinton supports letting abortion providers ???take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month, on the final day.??? Trump???s comments reflect the misleading right-wing media claim that the Democratic position on abortion access includes support for so-called ???partial-birth??? abortions -- often invoking the term as a description of

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