A leading pro-life advocacy organization and media watchdog criticized NBC News, alleging the network deliberately edited comments made by California Gov. Gavin Newsom about late-term abortion during an appearance on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

Newsom appeared on the talk show, discussing abortion policy and other issues related to the upcoming 2024 presidential election with host Kristen Welker.

Welker pressed the Democrat on what restrictions he supported on abortion. The governor responded by stating, “I think we've established that firmly in the context of what states are doing like California, where we've established a constitutional right to access abortion.”

“At the end of the day, I think that's a determination for women [and] for their doctors,” he added.

After Welker jumped in to ask Newsom if he thought abortion should be available “at any week” during pregnancy, the governor responded, “As it relates to the late-term abortion debate, that's a complete canard.”

While the exchange was presented in the entire, unedited version of the interview posted YouTube as well as the NBC News websitethe conservative media watchdog NewsBusters reported that it did not make the cut for the version of the interview that aired on national television.

NewsBusters reporter Tim Graham claimed that a “smaller clip” featuring Newsom accusing Republicans of perpetuating a “war on women” that targets “contraceptives as it relates to mifepristone” was edited out as well. Mifepristone is one of a two-drug regimen included in the abortion pill, making it much different than a contraceptive.

A look at the transcription from Sunday's edition of “Meet the Press,” as posted on the NBC News website, shows that the entire exchange is missing. An additional excerpt from Welker's abortion conversation with Newsom, which has the NBC News host telling Newsom that “Republicans, however, say Democrats want to allow abortions up until the time of birth,” was also omitted.

Newsom affirmed that “it insults women” because of “fetal anomalies” and “the life, not only of the mother but of the baby, the probability that the baby will not even survive after the birth.”

The portion of the interview featuring Newsom's comments about Republicans engaging in a “war on women” was partially included in the transcript, although the reference to mifepristone was edited out. Comments not related to abortion also did not make it into the transcript.

The part of the interview where Newsom identified Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley as “one of [Democrats’] better surrogates” who “defines the opposition to Trump incredibly effectively” were also not included. Specifically, Newsom praised Haley for highlighting concerns about Trump's “temperament” and “ability” while suggesting that it was inevitable that Trump would become the Republican nominee .

The whole episode from Sunday's edition of “Meet the Press,” posted to YouTube, features about 10 minutes of Welker's interview with Newsom, which lasted about 17 minutes. Welker did not indicate that a more extensive interview was available for “Meet the Press” viewers online.

Some, including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Vice President of Communications Emily Erin Davis, believe that the editing of the interview was intentional.

In statement published Tuesday, Davis cited the Newsom interview as the latest example of how Democrats' “media allies are shamelessly doing the work of activists and covering for them” to hide the fact that “today's Democratic Party wants painful late-term abortion on demand, paid for by taxpayers, right up until the very end of the third trimester.”

“They refuse to support any limits to protect babies or mothers at any time, they vilify pregnancy resource centers that serve the majority of women who want help to keep their babies, and they even brand parents as child abusers to protect their daughters from the predation. . abortion industry”, stated Davis.

“Time after time, they refuse to answer the simplest questions about their unlimited agenda.”

In his post, Graham wrote that NewsBusters “jumped and/or grabbed Welker when she tried to tell Donald Trump no one favors abortion at any time, Democrats don't favor abortion at any time.”

“Wrong! It's right there in the 2020 Democratic Party platform,” he wrote. “The media-Democrat complex pretends that the Republican pro-life stance is extreme, while the equally extreme abortion-on-demand stance isn't extreme at all. It's somehow the sane center.”