Following Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump???s inaccurate attacks on late-term abortion at the final presidential debate, The Daily Caller ???edited??? a woman???s personal story to vilify and shame her for having a legal and medically necessary late-term abortion. On October 20, The New York Times published an op-ed by Meredith Isaksen about her decision to terminate a wanted pregnancy after the 20th week. In the op-ed, titled ???Late-Term Abortion Was the Right Choice for Me,??? Isaksen described deciding to terminate after discovering that the developing fetus ???was missing half his heart??? and was ???very unlikely [to] survive delivery.??? Isaksen wrote that to ???Trump and politicians like him, a late-term abortion is the stuff of ???80s slasher films??? -- a depiction that is ???void of consideration for women, medical professionals or the truth??? -- and concluded that she had no doubts that ???we made the right decision for our family.??? In response, The Daily Caller attacked Isaksen -- mocking her personal experience and rewriting her narrative ???for accuracy and clarity??? by substituting stigmatizing language about late-term abortion that is frequently pushed by right-wing media . In one example, The Daily Caller ???revised??? Isaksen???s statement that she was ???a better wife, daughter and friend??? after making ???the right decision for our family??? to read as: ???I am a better wife, daughter and
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