Melania Trump in new memoir calls abortion a 'woman's fundamental right'
By: Judy Kurtz (The Hill)
In an odd twist of political fate, Democrats are gonna be pissed. Republicans ain't gonna care.
You see, Dobbs v. Jackson took the issue of abortion away from Republican Party deadwood, the unbiased press, and the scholastic dimwits who think they run the country. The issue of abortion must be decided by voters. That's how democracy works. And the Republican base ain't hardliners on most issues, including abortion.
So, all the movers and shakers have been lying their butts off for 50 years and doing everything they can to avoid democracy. Now Democrats are pissed and Republicans don't really care. What's that tell us about our politics?
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Melania Trump is reportedly set to voice strong support for reproductive rights, writing in her new memoir that a "woman's fundamental right of individual liberty" grants her "the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes."
In a copy of "Melania" obtained by The Guardian's Martin Pengelly ahead of its release next Tuesday, 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."
"Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?" asks the former model, who married former President Trump in 2005.
"I have always believed it is critical for people to take care of themselves first," Melania Trump reportedly says in the soon-to-be-released book.
A Melania Trump representative didn't return ITK's request for comment about The Guardian's report.
The views expressed by the former first lady about abortion are in sharp contrast to former President Trump's positions on the hot-button issue. The 45th president has said he has "no regrets" that his handpicked Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion.
On Tuesday, Trump said he would veto a federal abortion ban if he were to win a second term in office, emphasizing his position that the question should be decided at the state level. He's said in the past that he supports exceptions that allow abortions for rape, incest and cases where the life of the mother is in jeopardy and has attacked Democrats for supporting late-term abortions.
Melania Trump reportedly acknowledges in her book that "occasional political disagreements between me and my husband" have arisen, but she says, "I believed in addressing them privately rather than publicly challenging him."
The former first lady writes that there is "no room for negotiation" on her "core set of principles" involving abortion.
"Many women opt for abortions due to personal medical concerns," she says, according to The Guardian.
"These situations with significant moral implications weigh heavily on the woman and her family and deserve our empathy. Consider, for example, the complexity inherent in the decision of whether the mother should risk her own life to give birth," Trump, 54, says.
She writes she is in favor of requiring minors to obtain parental consent before undergoing an abortion, writing, "I realize this may not always be possible. Our next generation must be provided with knowledge, security, safety, and solace, and the cultural stigma associated with abortion must be lifted."
"The slogan 'My Body, My Choice' is typically associated with women activists and those who align with the pro-choice side of the debate," she says.
"But if you really think about it, 'My Body, My Choice' applies to both sides — a woman's right to make an independent decision involving her own body, including the right to choose life. Personal freedom."
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
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Welcome to Wonderland, Alice. Be on guard against macropsia and mind the gap.
She is right
She should inform DJT.
CB: Good for Melania. Now if she can persuade trumpists who 'say' they are pro-life to mine their own personal body business and leave other girls and women alone she will have done a good service for a lifetime!
CB: Now, prolifers do the math. These two women above were attempting a sum total of at least three babies all three babies are dead. The two women are dead. Total: 5 dead.
Left alone, these two women (already mothers before deaths leaving kids alive behind), could have gotten pregnant on other occasions and potentially could give birth to 'nations' — dead they will give birth to ZERO babies. They will never give birth to another baby/ies EVER.
So much for PRO-LIFE as a 'MOVEMENT.' Look at what it 'accomplished' with its hardline .
And liberals ignore that they're killing three to save two. Abortion won't 'save the babies'. Those three dead babies will still be dead babies.
Isn't it rather amazing that social progress and modern medicine has commercialized and industrialized abortion as the best remedy? How very enlightened.
I did not say anything about politics (Left/Right). So it would benefit the discussion if you stuck to the 'movements' - proLife/proChoice.
Yes, the fetuses, which become future babies are dead. And, two women/mothers already (the root cause of human life-period) are sacrificed. From those two bodies given choice upwards of 15 children respectively could potentially have 'sprang' —that won't happen now. 'All is dead.' Done. End of their two 'chapters' - and there are four 'motherless' children in the world.
Prolife needs an answer for the loss of girls and women to its ideology. And by expansion. . .a greater loss of potential future offspring! The prolife 'movement' won't be able to gloss over the loss of life potential because of its ideology.
Well, I did say something about left/right politics because that's what has been driving the issue. Dobbs v. Jackson has changed the political status quo by democratizing the issue.
Yeah, ignore that social progressives and modern medicine should explain why medieval measures are the best remedy. Why is relying on definitions of life, rights, and remedies established during the Dark Ages considered enlightened progress? The justifications for abortion were established when witch trials were in vogue.
The issue needed no 'help' democratizing itself. It already was choose or choose not to! That is EQUALITY. Some conservatives won't play semantics with this. The government's role in a federal role is safeguarding freedom to choose/choose not to have an abortion in states under its union. States don't own its citizens, if I need to make that plain(er)—I will.
Snuck premise observed. Please elaborate on what you label "medieval measures."
She’s probably had several.