Instead of issuing a sincere apology for his inaccurate remarks, Colbert made light of the situation by delivering a tongue-in-cheek political statement.
'I urge Michigan residents to protect women, parental rights & children by voting against Proposal 3 that includes loopholes to allow late-term/partial birth abortion (which is really infanticide) & overturns law to inform parents of a child pursuing abortion/hormone therapies,' Gabbard tweeted.