Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, proudly professes her support for abortion and a woman’s right to choose in her forthcoming memoir, according to The Guardian.
Several of Melania’s strongest pro-choice excerpts were published by the newspaper, which obtained a copy of the book, on Wednesday.
“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,” the former first lady writes.
“Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life.”
The report comes just hours after Melania’s husband confirmed for the first time that, if re-elected to the White House, he would veto a national abortion ban.
Trump previously sidestepped the question, saying at last month’s presidential debate that he hadn’t discussed the matter with his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who’d previously claimed that the former president would veto a federal ban.
At the debate, Vice President Kamala Harris also said, “Understand, if Donald Trump were to be reelected, he will sign a national abortion ban.”
Trump shot back that was a “lie,” and there was no reason to sign a ban “because we’ve gotten what everybody wanted.”
He leaned into that line of argument in an all-caps Truth Social post on Tuesday night, saying that the question of abortion was “up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters (the will of the people!)”
At the end of August, Trump also said that he would personally vote “no” to repealing Florida’s restrictive six-week abortion ban—an upcoming ballot measure that Melania, as The Guardian pointed out, seems poised to vote “yes” on.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
