Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights
FILE-Former first lady Melania Trump arrives on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Melania Trump said she supports abortion rights ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir.
The former first lady posted a video on her X account Thursday defending women’s "individual freedoms" to do what they want with their body.
"Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard," she said in the video. "Without a doubt, there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth: individual freedom. What does ‘my body, my choice’ really mean?"
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According to the Associated Press, the video appears to confirm excerpts of Trump’s self-titled memoir reported by The Guardian on Wednesday.
Trump contends in her memoir, set for release on Oct. 8, that the decision to end a pregnancy should be decided by a woman and her doctor, the AP noted, citing published excerpts of the book.
Her abortion stance differs from her husband Donald Trump’s view and much of the Republican Party on the issue.
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The former president has taken credit for appointing the three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade and bragged about returning the abortion question to the states.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he would veto a federal abortion, but the AP reported that abortion rights advocates are skeptical, implying that he cannot be trusted not to restrict reproductive rights.
While a majority of Americans support abortion rights, the former president has wavered in his message on abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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According to the AP, Melania Trump also defends abortions later in pregnancy, claiming that "most abortions conducted during the later stages of pregnancy were the result of severe fetal abnormalities that probably would have led to the death or stillbirth of the child. Perhaps even the death of the mother."