{"id":110051,"date":"2024-10-03T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110051"},"modified":"2024-10-03T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:34:05","slug":"in-new-memoir-melania-trump-says-women-have-the-right-to-choose-abortion-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110051","title":{"rendered":"In new memoir, Melania Trump says women have the \u2018right to choose\u2019 abortion : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-26135\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5466;&#10;        --source-height: 3644;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"\u201cWhy should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?\" melania=\"\" trump=\"\" asks=\"\" in=\"\" her=\"\" new=\"\" memoir=\"\" according=\"\" to=\"\" an=\"\" early=\"\" excerpt=\"\" published=\"\" the=\"\" guardian.=\"\" former=\"\" first=\"\" lady=\"\" is=\"\" seen=\"\" here=\"\" alongside=\"\" husband=\"\" president=\"\" donald=\"\" cardboard=\"\" cutouts=\"\" at=\"\" a=\"\" campaign=\"\" rally=\"\" johnstown=\"\" pa.=\"\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5466x3644+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F8e%2F9c157f7947828f4faf394b60b0e3%2Fgettyimages-2169462357.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                \u201cWhy should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?&#8221; Melania Trump asks in her new memoir, according to an early excerpt published by The Guardian. The former first lady is seen here alongside her husband, former President Donald Trump, in cardboard cutouts at a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pa.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Chip Somodevilla\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Chip Somodevilla\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former first lady Melania Trump says in a self-titled memoir set to be released next week that she supports women\u2019s autonomy and the right to control their own bodies &#8212; including abortion, if they choose, according to a report Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Her stance adds another jolt to a presidential campaign season rife with dramatic events, with Melania Trump weighing in on a topic that is a central issue in her husband\u2019s bid for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy\u201d when deciding when and whether to have children, Melania Trump writes in the book, according to an excerpt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/02\/melania-trump-memoir-defends-abortion-rights\">cited by The Guardian<\/a>. The newspaper says it obtained an early copy of the book.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Those decisions, she said, should be based on women\u2019s personal convictions, not on \u201cintervention or pressure from the government,\u201d according to the excerpt.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>The Guardian<\/em> Melania Trump also writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman\u2019s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Restricting a woman\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NPR has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment about Melania Trump\u2019s writings, and is seeking independent verification of the excerpt from the book\u2019s publisher.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion has long been a key issue in U.S. political campaigns, but the 2024 race comes two years after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/06\/24\/1102305878\/supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn\">Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v Jackson<\/a> that found there is no constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have used that controversial ruling as a rallying call, emphasizing that pivotal votes on the high court\u2019s decision came from justices nominated by then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The former president\u2019s position on abortion has been closely analyzed as he seeks to regain the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade, much to the \u2018shock\u2019 of everyone,\u201d Trump said last year on his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110384051064378318\">Truth Social platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But this year, Trump has seemingly sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/29\/g-s1-20187\/trump-abortion-amendment-4-florida-ivf-funding-reproductive-rights\">portray a more nuanced position<\/a> on abortion, including saying that abortion laws should be left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/26\/nx-s1-5090224\/trump-abortion-pills-comstock\">for states to decide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As NPR\u2019s Sarah McCammon reported after the 2022 midterm election:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvocates for bans on most abortions \u2013 including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/05\/21\/725488345\/protests-held-across-the-u-s-in-response-to-states-passing-restrictive-abortion-\">wave of state laws<\/a> passed in recent years that prohibit the procedure within the first several weeks \u2013 are at odds with public opinion, according to many years of polling. While most Americans support some restrictions on abortion, most support access earlier in pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump\u2019s memoir, titled <em>Melania<\/em>, has a release date of Oct. 8, by Skyhorse Publishing, with distribution by Simon &amp; Schuster.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhorsepublishing.com\/9781510782693\/melania\/\">summary of the book<\/a>, the publisher said of the former first lady: \u201cShe shares behind-the-scenes stories from her time in the White House, shedding light on her advocacy work and the causes close to her heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady was born in Slovenia in 1970, three years before the landmark <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision. She moved to the U.S. in 1996 and became a U.S. citizen in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/03\/g-s1-26134\/melania-trump-memoir-donald-trump-abortion-position\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?&#8221; Melania Trump asks in her new memoir, according to an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110051\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}