Former first lady Melania Trump went public Thursday with her support for abortion rights, releasing a video a day after her views were revealed in a leaked excerpt from her upcoming book.
“Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard,” Melania, 54, said in a 30-second clip posted on her social media accounts Thursday promoting her soon-to-be-published book.
“Without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth. Individual freedom,” she continued.
The wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released the black-and-white video a day after an excerpt from her memoir “Melania” — which is due out next Tuesday — revealed she backs a woman’s right to choose.
“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,” she wrote in her memoir, according to The Guardian.
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@RightSwiftRepublican2yrs2Y
“Individual freedom?” How about the individual freedom to live? How about freedom not to be ripped apart limb by limb in the womb, or starved, or to have your brains sucked out and flushed down a sink? This is disgusting.
@BoarsTommyConstitution2yrs2Y
@L3ftWingRichieGreen2yrs2Y
Fact: Melania Trump did NOT say: “I am pro abortion.”
@Un1onRichieGreen2yrs2Y
@6KZ9QJ4Anti-Abortion2yrs2Y
If "individual freedom" is such a fundamental principle, then why does that freedom stop when it comes to the unborn child? The same logic Melania uses to protect a woman's autonomy should extend to protecting the life growing inside her. Autonomy shouldn’t mean the right to end another potential life. If a society values freedom, shouldn't we prioritize the freedom of all individuals, including those who haven't had the chance to be born yet?
Where does "individual freedom" stop being about choices and start becoming about responsibility?
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