{"id":111237,"date":"2024-10-07T00:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111237"},"modified":"2024-10-07T00:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:53:54","slug":"melania-trump-says-donald-trump-knew-my-position-and-my-beliefs-on-abortion-since-the-day-we-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111237","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump says Donald Trump &#8216;knew my position and my beliefs&#8217; on abortion &#8216;since the day we met&#8217;"},"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>\n<p class=\"\">Former first lady Melania Trump on Sunday defended her beliefs on abortion, which she detailed in an upcoming memoir and which seem to be at odds with those of her husband, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201c[Donald Trump] knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met. And I believe in individual freedom. I want to decide what I want to do with my body. I think I don\u2019t want government in my personal business,\u201d Melania Trump told Fox News\u2019 Maria Bartiromo in a pretaped interview that aired Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Her remarks come days after The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/02\/melania-trump-memoir-defends-abortion-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published excerpts of her book<\/a> in which she wrote, \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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\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,\u201d she added in the upcoming memoir, \u201cMelania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The former first lady also voiced her beliefs in a promotional video for the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/melania-trump-indicates-support-abortion-rights-month-election-rcna173946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIndividual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard. Without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth,\u201d Melania Trump said in the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIndividual freedom. What does \u2018my body, my choice\u2019 really mean?\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last week \u2014 about a month before Election Day \u2014 was the first time the former first lady had publicly shared her views on abortion, a particularly salient issue ahead of November as Democrats try to paint Donald Trump as someone who would seek to ban abortion if he\u2019s elected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-04\/230405-donald-melania-trump-jm-0843-b8439b.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-04\/230405-donald-melania-trump-jm-0843-b8439b.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-04\/230405-donald-melania-trump-jm-0843-b8439b.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-04\/230405-donald-melania-trump-jm-0843-b8439b.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-04\/230405-donald-melania-trump-jm-0843-b8439b.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 15, 2022, in West Palm Beach, Fla.\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 15, 2022, in West Palm Beach, Fla.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Joe Raedle \/ Getty Images file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">In Sunday\u2019s interview, Melania Trump addressed questions she has faced after going public with her views so close to the election, telling Bartiromo: \u201cWell, that was not written in the last week or the last month. \u2026 That book was written months before, and it was in print months before. So that was my belief, and it is my belief, and I wanted to put it in the book, because I want to be authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Asked by Bartiromo whether she was worried that voters may change their opinions of her husband because of her views, the former first lady said, \u201cI don\u2019t worry. Everybody needs to decide what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The former first lady said Donald Trump \u201cknew\u201d her position would be in the book, adding: \u201cHe lets me be who I am, and he lets me believe what I believe. He lets me be my own person. And he does respect that, and I respect that as I let him be his own person. He has different beliefs and he will do what he believes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Melania Trump\u2019s comments echoed her husband\u2019s remarks to Fox News on Thursday, in which he said: \u201cWe spoke about it, and I said, \u2018You have to write what you believe. I\u2019m not going to tell you what to do. You have to write what you believe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cShe\u2019s very beloved,\u201d he added. \u201cPeople love our former first lady, I can tell you that, but I said, \u2018You have to stick with your heart.\u2019 I\u2019ve said that to everybody, \u2018You have to go with your heart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Earlier this week, in a post on Truth Social, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/trump-federal-abortion-ban\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said he would veto an abortion ban<\/a> if one came across his desk as president. The former president\u2019s views on the issue have consistently<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trumps-many-abortion-positions-timeline-rcna146601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trumps-many-abortion-positions-timeline-rcna146601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evolved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In May 2023, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-was-able-kill-roe-v-wade-rcna84897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a social media post<\/a>, \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<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And when he was president, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/369753-trump-pushes-senate-to-vote-on-20-week-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on the Senate to pass<\/a>\u00a0a 20-week limit on abortions that had already passed the House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Earlier this year, the former president flirted with a 15-week federal abortion limit. \u201cThe number of weeks now \u2014 people are agreeing on 15, and I\u2019m thinking in terms of that, and it\u2019ll come out to something that\u2019s very reasonable. But people are really \u2014 even hard-liners are agreeing \u2014 seems to be 15 weeks, seems to be a number that people are agreeing at,\u201d he said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-signals-support-15-week-abortion-ban-rcna144213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in a WABC radio interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And in August, Trump told NBC News that Florida\u2019s six-week abortion ban, which was signed into law by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, is \u201ctoo short.\u201d Trump added, \u201cIt has to be more time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Days later, he clarified that he would vote against a Florida ballot initiative this year that would guarantee a right to abortion until fetal viability.<\/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.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/melania-trump-says-donald-trump-knew-abortion-beliefs-rcna174176\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former first lady Melania Trump on Sunday defended her beliefs on abortion, which she detailed in an upcoming memoir and which seem to be at odds with those of her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111237\" 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-111237","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\/111237","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=111237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}