It is infrequent, if not extremely rare, for Melania Trump to speak out on almost any issue. It is very rare for the former first lady of the United States to open her mouth in public other than to say “please” and “thank you.”; much less to express political opinions or opinions that may be controversial. Hence, it has come as a complete surprise in the country that now Donald Trump’s wife has raised her voice—or, in this case, her pen—to speak of nothing less than the right to abortion. And, furthermore, and against the general sentiment of the Republican wing, which her husband leads, to defend him.
Melania Trump launches a memoir next Tuesday, October 8, about which hardly anything is known: its provisional title is simply Melania and its cover has not yet been revealed. But the British newspaper Guardian He has obtained a copy and has advanced an excerpt from the autobiography, specifically one in which he talks about the right to abortion, a central issue in the presidential campaign and, in general, highly questioned by Trump. And it says: “It is imperative to ensure that women have the autonomy to decide their preference about having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government.”
“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?” continues the 54-year-old Slovenian-American. “A woman’s fundamental right to individual freedom, to her own life, gives her the power to terminate her pregnancy if she so wishes. Restricting a woman’s right to decide whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is tantamount to denying her control over her own body. “That is the belief I have carried with me throughout my adult life.”
These are the only paragraphs, so far, known from the memoirs, since so far there have been no editorial previews of them. But they are a huge surprise, both for the fact of being able to hear for the first time the beliefs, as she herself calls them, of the always quiet first lady, and for the fact that her political position is very distant from that of the party she commands. who has been her husband for almost 20 years.
Abortion is no longer protected at the federal level since the Supreme Court in June 2022 overturned the precedent of Roe v. Wadethe ruling that in 1973 established the right to it throughout the country. Trump himself was the one who selected ultra-conservative judges who reviewed the jurisdiction and decided to overthrow a right that had been in force throughout the country for 50 years.
Since last spring, Donald Trump’s official position – which took him months to clarify, playing cat and mouse – is that each state in the country is the one to decide regarding the right to abortion. “In this matter, you should do what your heart tells you. But remember, we must also win elections to restore our ideology and, in fact, save our country, which is currently, and very sadly, a nation in decline,” said the US presidential candidate in a video posted on April on his social network, Truth. “My opinion now is that we have abortion where everyone wants it, and from a legal point of view the States will determine it through voting, or legislation, or perhaps both. And what they decide must become the law of that territory.”
In this campaign, as in Trump’s presidency (between 2016 and 2020), Melania Trump has been by her husband’s side, accompanying him at state dinners, important events or on some visits abroad. However, she has never had the role of other first ladies of the country, whose functions are not officially regulated, but who upon reaching the White House usually acquire a certain role, becoming a voice for one cause or another. Although her media presence has been constant, it is far from the work done by other wives of presidents such as Michelle Obama, Laura Bush or Nancy Reagan.
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