{"id":110136,"date":"2024-10-04T02:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110136"},"modified":"2024-10-04T02:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:49:01","slug":"melania-trump-signals-support-for-abortion-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110136","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump signals support for abortion rights"},"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 data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Former US First Lady Melania Trump appears to have signalled her support for abortion rights in a video promoting her forthcoming book.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the short video clip, Mrs Trump expresses her support for women&#8217;s &#8220;individual freedom&#8221;, describing it as an &#8220;essential right that all women possess from birth&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It comes a day after an excerpt of her soon-to-be-released memoir, in which she reportedly takes on an even clearer pro-choice stance, was published in a newspaper report.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mrs Trump&#8217;s apparent stance on the issue appears to contrast with the position of her husband, who has taken credit for helping overturn Roe v Wade, which upended the constitutional right to abortion.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the black-and-white video posted on Mrs Trump&#8217;s X account, she said &#8220;individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth: individual freedom,&#8221; she continued. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;What does my body, my choice really mean?&#8221; Mrs Trump questioned.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The video comes one day after <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/02\/melania-trump-memoir-defends-abortion-rights\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<!-- --><\/a> published an excerpt from her new book, Melania, due to be released on 8 October.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the excerpt, quoted by the Guardian, she writes: \u201cIt 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.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\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,&#8221; she continues.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cRestricting a woman\u2019s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Abortion access is a key issue in next month&#8217;s 2024 election &#8211; and it is one that is the subject of major debate within the Republican Party.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Donald Trump&#8217;s position on the issue has fluctuated. Last month, during the presidential debate with Kamala Harris, he declined to say whether he supported a national ban on abortion, saying it should be left to individual states.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this week, however, the Republican presidential nominee said for the first time that he would veto a federal abortion ban &#8211; a position that will put him at odds with many conservatives who want to restrict the procedure nationwide.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The BBC has contacted the Trump campaign for comment. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has sought to capitalise on Trump&#8217;s position in an effort to galvanise voters. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She has regularly cast Trump as a threat to women&#8217;s autonomy because of the overturning of Roe v Wade, which took place after he appointed a conservative majority to the Supreme Court.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cSadly for the women across America, Mrs Trump\u2019s husband firmly disagrees with her and is the reason that more than one in three American women live under a Trump Abortion Ban that threatens their health, their freedom, and their lives,&#8221; Sarafina Chitika, a spokeswoman for the Harris-Walz campaign told the BBC. <!-- --><\/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.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3zxk9w955o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US First Lady Melania Trump appears to have signalled her support for abortion rights in a video promoting her forthcoming book. 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