Melania Trump has put her support for abortion rights at the centre of her forthcoming memoir – you might even call it the news line. This has confused some observers. “It’s hard to follow the logic of putting out the former First Lady’s book right before the election, undercutting President Trump’s message to pro-life voters,” wrote one anti-abortion activist, Kristen Hawkins.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, remains where he was on the subject, which is … well, where is he, exactly? He wants the credit for overturning Roe v Wade – and probably deserves it, given that he appointed the hard-right judges whose views were decisive. But he also wants the issue of reproductive rights to stop energising Kamala Harris’s campaign.
