Former first lady Melania Trump defended her pro-choice stance on abortion in an interview published Friday on the podcast “Some Future Day.”
Melania Trump talked about being the first Republican first lady to vote yes, emphasizing her belief in women’s rights and personal freedom to podcast host Mark Beckman.
“I feel and believe that personal freedom is the most important aspect of life. You should be in charge of your own body. No one but you should be in charge of your own body. ,” Melania Trump said.
The former first lady cited the fact that she is not yet an adult as the reason for her position. (Related: Billionaire donor launches 33 Reasons Why salvo, saying he has ‘completely lost confidence’ in Democrats’ Biden vs. Harris)
“Why should other people tell me what to do?” she asked. “Are there men? Are there women? This is me. I was born and put into this world and no one should be in charge of me.”
But Trump said adults should be involved in abortion decisions because minors are “not as developed as they should be at their age.”
Melania Trump’s husband and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his stance on abortion clear in March, saying “we have to make exceptions” for cases of rape, incest, and endangering the mother’s life. did. He has repeatedly argued in the wake of Roe v. Wade that abortion is an issue for each state to resolve.
Former First Lady Trump also emphasized her respect for others who are pro-life, repeating, “I believe in individual freedom.”
The former first lady revealed in her memoir for the first time that she was in favor of her choice, sparking debate about whether her position was a deliberate political move. She denied these claims in an interview, saying that the “sisterhood” of women does not support her position.
“They’re saying it’s a fraud, it’s a lie,” Melania Trump said. “You know, it’s interesting, isn’t it? It gets interesting when politics is involved.”
“I received a lot of messages from women. [say]”I said, ‘Thank you for speaking up,’ but they weren’t the ‘feminists’ they called themselves,” she added.
