Melania Trump “defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir” | US News

Melania Trump has reportedly defended abortion rights in her upcoming memoir, writing that “restricting a woman's right to decide whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is tantamount to denying her control over her own body.” “.

Her husband Donald Trump has come under fire for his stance on abortion after previously signaling his support for a nationwide ban beyond the 15th week of pregnancy.

His current position is to help states set abortion laws and support exceptions to a ban in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother's life.

However, Mrs. Trump, who served as first lady during her husband's previous term in the White House, has reportedly outlined her position in her memoir titled “Melania.”

Accordingly The Guardianwho reports that she has previously seen a copy Release next week, She writes that women should be “free from any intervention or pressure from the government.”

“Restricting a woman’s right to decide whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body,” she wrote.

“I have carried this belief with me throughout my adult life.”

She also writes, “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to decide what she does with her own body?”

A spokesman for Ms. Trump has not yet responded to a request for comment.

This election is the first since the Supreme Court repeal landmark Roe vs. Wade rulingwhich ended a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

Since then, nearly two dozen U.S. states have banned or restricted access to the procedure.

Mr Trump previously said he was “proudly responsible” for the court overturning the ruling in 2022 – which had protected a right to abortion up to 24 to 28 weeks – when he appointed judges while the president was Vote won.

He has also falsely claimed that Democrats support abortion after the birth of the child.

Read more:
Naked Trump statue near Las Vegas 'deplorable'
How religious beliefs will affect US elections

The rival Democratic campaign is looking at abortion rights as an issue that candidate Kamala Harris can use against the former president.

A spokesman for the Harris campaign said: “Unfortunately for women across America, Ms. Trump's husband strongly disagrees and is the reason more than one in three American women live under a Trump abortion ban that threatens their health, their freedom and her life is threatened.” her life”.