Almost a month before the US elections, Melania Trump took a stand against her husband Donald on a central campaign issue: According to a media report, she advocated the right to abortion in a book – then she followed up with X.
First they had British newspaper Guardian reported about it, then the former First Lady Melania Trump herself followed up in a video on the short message service X: “There is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women have from birth: individual freedom,” says the wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a view to the highly controversial right to abortion in the USA. Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that she supports “without any doubt.” She contradicts her husband on a central campaign issue.
The Guardian previously reported Melania Trump’s memoirs, which are due to be published next week. similar reported. “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to decide what she does with her own body?” the newspaper quotes from the book, which will be published next Tuesday. Restricting a woman’s right to end an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body, says Melania Trump. She has held this belief her entire adult life.
Decision “without pressure from the government”
“A woman’s fundamental right to individual freedom and her own life gives her the right to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes,” she adds in her memoirs. Women should decide whether they want to have children based on their own convictions – without “pressure from the government,” said Melania Trump.
The statements quoted by the Guardian from an advance copy contradict those of her husband Donald Trump. The Republican presidential candidate wants to leave the decision on abortion rights to the states.
He repeatedly reminds his followers that his nomination of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court led to the abolition of the nationwide right to abortion in the USA after 50 years. Following this Supreme Court decision, many states tightened their current abortion laws.
Melania Trump takes Harris’ position
His wife Melania is now taking a similar position on this issue to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. The current vice president is an outspoken supporter of abortion rights and is committed to reversing the decision to abolish it nationwide.
Almost a month before the US elections, the election campaign is in the hot phase. The right to abortion is a central issue. Harris called the nationwide abolition a “health care crisis, and Donald Trump is the architect.” Donald Trump, on the other hand, counts on a base of religious and conservative voters.