Remember when Donald Trump said women who have abortions should be punished [1] in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews? The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is making another effort to backtrack those comments made in March.

In an in-depth New York Times Magazine article [2] that came out today, Trump said he was simply misunderstood.

"I didn't mean punishment for women like prison. I'm saying women punish themselves. I didn't want people to think in terms of 'prison' punishment."

For reference, here's another look at the transcript of the MSNBC exchange:

Matthews: Do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a principle?
Trump: The answer is there has to be some form of punishment.
Matthews: For the woman?
Trump: Yeah, there has to be some form.
Matthews: Ten cents, 10 years, what?
Trump: I don't know — that I don't know.

Immediately after that interview, Trump faced backlash from both major parties and subsequently released a statement [3]. At the time, he said he meant that abortion doctors should be punished, not women.