Story highlights Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump's comments on abortion

She also said his Republican rivals hold similar views

Washington (CNN) Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton pounced on Donald Trump's comment Wednesday on MSNBC that abortion should be banned and women who receive one should should face "some form of punishment," seeking to tie it the entire GOP field.

Hours later, Trump reversed his initial position -- criticized as extreme by both supporters and opponents of abortion rights -- saying only the doctors should be held liable.

"The Republicans all line up together," Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"Now maybe they aren't quite as open about it as Donald Trump was earlier today, but they all have the same position," she said, noting anti-abortion positions taken by both John Kasich and Ted Cruz. "If you make abortion a crime -- you make it illegal -- then you make women and doctors criminals."

"Why is it, I ask myself, Republicans want limited government, except when it comes to women's health?" she said.

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