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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Carter Sherman

Melania Trump’s abortion views baffle both sides: ‘Hard to follow the logic’

Donald and Melania Trump walk on a tarmac while holding hands
Melania Trump also defended the right to abortion later on in pregnancy – a procedure that her husband has repeatedly demonized. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

The revelation on Wednesday evening that Melania Trump’s forthcoming memoir includes a full-throated defense of abortion rights, an issue her husband Donald Trump has repeatedly flip-flopped on during his presidential campaign, left people on both sides of the issue less than impressed.

“Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body,” Melania Trump wrote in her memoir. “I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life.”

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