Melania Trump defends abortion rights in memoir due out Tuesday

Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast Associated Press Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July

Agence France-Presse in Washington

Published yesterday at 11:40 p.m.

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Former first lady Melania Trump strongly supports abortion rights in her memoir to be released Tuesday, contrasting with her husband Donald Trump on the key issue in the US presidential election, according to The Guardian.

“It is imperative that women have the autonomy to decide their own preferences about having children, based on their personal beliefs,” Mrs Trump writes in an op-ed published by the British daily newspaper on Wednesday.

Women must be “free from government interference or pressure,” the Republican candidate's wife insists.

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Her views, as reported by The Guardian, diverges from that of Donald Trump, who believes that each state should be free to decide for itself on possible restrictions concerning abortion.

The question of the right to abortion is central to the duel on November 5 opposing the Republican to the Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who continues to denounce his about-faces.

“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her body? ? The fundamental right to individual liberty that a woman has […] gives her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes,” writes Melania Trump in her book, according to The Guardian.

“Restricting a woman's right to choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I've held that belief my entire adult life,” she added, according to the British newspaper, which explained that it had access to a copy of her memoir, which is scheduled to be published Tuesday.

Donald Trump has boasted that, through his appointment of three conservative justices to the US Supreme Court during his term, he led to the revocation in June 2022 of the federal guarantee of the right to abortion.

Putting an end to half a century of jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has given states full latitude to legislate in this area. At least 20 of them have since put in place partial or total restrictions on voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Faced with the support of a majority of public opinion for the right to abortion, Donald Trump has nevertheless resolved to adjust his position on the issue.

The Republican candidate is now trying to present himself as a defender of “reproductive rights”, which in return has earned him accusations from conservatives of having betrayed the anti-abortion movement.