Melania Trump has revealed she is a passionate defender of women’s right to abortion, in a shocking admission which puts her at odds with husband Donald’s political views. In her upcoming memoir ‘Melania’, released on Tuesday, the former first lady writes: ‘It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government . ‘Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.
‘Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body.’ She adds that her position is one she has believed in for ‘her entire adult life’. The revelation comes just over a month before America heads to the polls for one of the most divisive presidential elections in recent memory, in which women’s reproductive rights have become one of the most contentious issues.
Melania Trump has rarely expressed political views in public, and her interjection takes on further weight given both the contrast to her husband’s views and the severe deterioration of women’s rights under Donald Trump and the GOP following his time in office. While president, Trump appointed three conservative judges to.
