MElania Trump has made an extraordinary statement in a highly anticipated memoir, which is due to be published a month before election day, reports the Guardian, which has had exclusive access to the work.
“It is imperative to ensure that women have the autonomy to decide whether or not they wish to have children, based on their own beliefs, without government intervention or pressure,” writes the wife of the Republican candidate, in the middle of ‘a campaign in which Donald Trump’s threats to women’s reproductive rights played a central role.
“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 to individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes. »
“Restricting a woman’s right to choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy denies her control over her own body. I have always carried this conviction with me throughout my adult life,” continues Mélania Trump.
Melania Trump has rarely spoken publicly on political issues. The book, which reveals the former First Lady is out of step with most of her own party, Melania, will be published in the United States next Tuesday.
Her decision to strongly support abortion rights is notable, not only because of her proximity to a Republican candidate who is running an anti-abortion campaign, but also because of the severe deterioration of women’s reproductive rights under Donald Trump.
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