Posted on 10/03/2024 5:15:43 AM PDT by thegagline
Former first lady Melania Trump revealed that she is a staunch supporter of abortion rights in an excerpt released Wednesday from her forthcoming memoir — a day after her husband, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, vowed he would veto a federal abortion ban, should Congress pass one.
Melania, 54, wrote a long and passionate defense of a woman’s right to have an abortion in her soon-to-be-published memoir — a stunning rebuttal of the Republican party’s long-held anti-abortion stance.
“It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government,” she wrote in her memoir, ***
The mom of one spoke about the health risks women often face during pregnancy and childbirth — making it imperative that they be able to decide whether to carry their pregnancy to term on their own.
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“Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters,” Trump posted on X in all caps. *** Health concerns aside, Melania Trump wrote that the issue of abortion simply comes down to “individual liberty” and “personal freedom.”
“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,” she wrote, according to The Guardian.
“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.” ***
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Come on folks, she’s entitled to her personal opinion. Don’t let this turn you in to a Kamala voter or a non-voter.
Or, to quote from an individual of authority, “Lighten up, Francis”.
Because this one obscure media outlet says so?
A lot of Freepers here should know better than to trust the media
Sounds like ‘First Lady-been there don that’.
This has to be strategically timed for some reason… I just can’t thing of a good reason why.
Ok never Trump troll. Thanks for your input. This is like what, 50th time this has been posted? And ohhh you made sure you bolded the line. What you don’t have any new negative polls to post?
Melania needs to STFU until after the election.
Then again, Trump has *never been a true believer on guns and abortion.
Like he’s never been a true believer in small government or controlling spending.
You are indeed the disgusting Libertarian you say you are.
Or not promoting the death jab.
She could have kept its release until well after the election...so I have some doubt as to the Medias take. And if that’s her opinion...it’s hers...not mine.
I dunno - seems to me that this a very clever campaign tactic. The one issue that Harris does better than Trump on is “reproductive rights” - a terrible euphemism for abortion/aka infanticide. The idea of Melania potentionally influencing her husband takes this away from the democrats - maybe nor entirely, but enough younger women who might otherwise vote for Trump will see that Trump won’t push for a national abortion ban, but will stick to letting the states decide.
Disappointed in her.
It’s amazing that you post so much especially considering the fact that your eyes are shut and your hands are covering your ears.
Ya nailed it. Well said.
IF true, it is a colossally stupid unforced error. Of course she is entitled to any opinion she wants but sharing one that is so potentially damaging to her husband 1 month out from the most important election of our lifetime is beyond stupid. Again, IF true, It literally changes my entire opinion of her. I hope it is just another dirty smear. I also really hope for Trumps sake that it’s not. Talk about a betrayal.
Sounds like ‘First Lady-been there don that’.
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Mama always said ‘assumption is the Mother of all F**k-ups’. Just sayin’.
Sounds fake. She is an observant Catholic.
All that’s fine - if you think using our dead offspring as a campaign strategy isn’t demented and evil.
I can’t even stand next to a woman who’s okay with killing babies. I certainly wouldn’t live with such a souless wench.
Sorry to hear that, but an unborn baby is still a human being.
“...Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body...”
Unless it’s COVID, and then it’s OK for the government to FORCIBLY inject an experimental jab into the woman’s body.
Notice these pro-abort women NEVER mention that the choice to have a baby is BEFORE you have unprotected sex. Once you spread those legs, you have to know the chance for pregnancy is high. But they made abortion equivalent to contraceptive, after the fact. They want to just throw away the fetus like it’s a used condom. It is a very sick, sick society that condones this, infanticide by any other name.
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