Pro-life activists have warned that Melania Trump’s support for abortion rights could undermine former President Trump’s message on the issue in the run-up to the November election.
The former First Lady, 54, reveals in her upcoming memoir, to be published next week, that she supports a woman’s right to choose as a strong defender of “individual liberty” and “personal liberty,” a position she has busy for “his whole life.” adult life’.
“It is imperative to ensure that women have the autonomy to decide their preference to have children, based on their own convictions, free from any government intervention or pressure,” she writes in the book.
But pro-life activists quickly criticized Melania for having a different opinion than her husband.
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, wrote on Twitter/X: ‘It’s hard to follow the logic of releasing the former first lady’s book right before the election, undermining President Trump’s message to pro-life voters. What a loss of momentum!
Melania reveals in her memoirs that she supports abortion as a defender of individual freedoms
The former first lady says she has privately challenged her husband on the issue.
“It is imperative to ensure that women have the autonomy to decide their preference to have children…free from any intervention or pressure,” she writes in the new book.
Hawkins followed up last night in a lengthy post on Twitter/X, judging that Melania’s “support” for abortion is “anti-feminist and clearly outside the teaching of our Catholic faith.”
‘Abortion takes an innocent life and is the opposite of empowerment, as women are told they cannot balance the gift of children and a career, so they have to choose one.
‘Christ helps us thrive at home, at school, at work, as mothers, and even as role models.
‘What a missed opportunity to inspire a generation of young women. I will not buy Melania’s book.
Anna Derbyshire, an activist with the ultra-conservative advocacy group CitizenGO, chimed in: ‘Abortionists don’t empower women, they tell them that as mothers they can’t be empowered!
“They degrade the baby to non-human and they degrade the mother to incapable.”
User @tacticalthomist responded to Ms Hawkins by saying: “Then disavow Trump.”
Andy Thomas said: ‘More reasons why my wife and I are #writingonDeSantis’
Liz Mair, a strategist for the Republican anti-abortion campaign, told The Guardian: “This could be just another thing that makes pro-lifers think, ‘I just can’t handle (Trump).'”
Still, many of them were single-issue voters. You’re not actually giving them much of an incentive to come forward and do something for your benefit.
Not everyone agreed. Responding to Ms Hawkins, user Galtcat said: ‘I’m pro-life but I respect people with different opinions. Tearing down people you don’t (agree with) is an indicator of a person with no sense of decency.’
Allie Renison added: “At least be rational enough to know that there is more than one interpretation of what counts for feminism.”
‘For you it is being against abortion. You have the right to hold that opinion and I respect it, but you don’t have a universal monopoly on that definition.
Michael Antonio said: ‘But not all pregnancies are viable. Not all women want to conceive their rapist’s child.’
Melania positions herself in the memoir as someone who believes in fundamental human rights, including that of a woman to safeguard her own life, which she says extends to the “authority to terminate her pregnancy if she so wishes.”
“Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body,” he writes, as revealed. the guardian.
It goes on to explain in some detail what it believes are “legitimate” reasons for abortion, including danger to the mother’s life, rape or incest, and serious medical conditions.
‘It is important to note that historically, most abortions performed during the later stages of pregnancy were the result of serious fetal anomalies that would likely have resulted in death or stillbirth of the child. Maybe even the death of the mother.
‘These cases were extremely rare and usually occurred after several consultations between the woman and her doctor. As a community, we must adopt these common sense standards. Once again, time matters.”
It is a position in which she differs greatly from that of her husband. Donald Trump overturned the historic Roe v. Wade who generally protected the right to abortion.
Melania writes that this has, at times, resulted in political disagreements between her and her husband, but that she has believed in challenging him privately.
Later in the book, he explains why he supports abortion.
“I have always believed that it is essential that people take care of themselves first,” she says. ‘It’s a very simple concept; In fact, we are all born with a set of fundamental rights, including the right to enjoy life.’
‘We all have the right to maintain a rewarding and dignified existence. This common sense approach applies to a woman’s natural right to make decisions about her own body and health.’
Former first lady Melania Trump (left) revealed in her upcoming memoir that she is pro-choice. The admission comes as her husband, former President Donald Trump (R), is widely credited with eroding abortion rights in the United States.
Former first lady Melania Trump will release her memoir on Tuesday, in which she talks about keeping her political differences with her husband, former President Donald Trump, private, and then goes on to say she supports abortion rights.
Melania’s admission comes just a month before her husband faces Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the presidential election, in which abortion rights will be one of the most decisive issues among voters.
Harris has presented herself as the “pro-choice” candidate, while Trump has struggled to find a clear position on the issue.
Certainly, he has been happy to take credit for helping pave the way for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that federally granted women the right to abortion.
As president, Trump appointed three of the conservative justices who voted in 2022 to overturn Roe. He has said that he “does not regret” the appointments.
While the repeal has been applauded by the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party, the former president has more recently realized that the GOP is in danger over the issue.
Since the 2022 ruling, Democrats have scored a succession of electoral victories campaigning on abortion. Republicans are believed to have underperformed during the 2022 midterm elections because of this.
In August, Trump exclusively told DailyMail.com that he could vote to end Florida’s six-week abortion ban when it comes up in a referendum later this year.
Days later, after irritating the anti-abortion wing of his party, he said he would not vote to repeal the six-week limit.
On Tuesday of this week, Trump finally said he would veto a federal abortion ban, having previously avoided giving a clear answer.