Melania Trump Staunchly Supports Abortion Rights in Book

Melania Trump's upcoming memoir, out on Tuesday, reportedly includes a staunch defense of abortion rights, according to the Guardian, which says it received an advance copy of the book. Three key passages quoted by the newspaper:

• "It 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."
• "Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman's fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes."
• "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."

The Guardian reports in a separate piece that the surprising revelation sparked bafflement on both sides of the aisle. A spokesperson for the Kamala Harris campaign put out a statement noting that former President Trump "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," while the president of the anti-abortion group Students for Life of America criticized Melania for "undercutting President Trump's message to pro-life voters." See the Guardian for more from the memoir, including another apparent policy disagreement between the couple. (More Melania Trump stories.)