Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump listens as her husband, outgoing President Donald Trump, addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021.
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Melania Trump stand firm on your choice of support abortion position on Sunday, although admitting differences compared to Republic The election platform of her husband, the former president Donald Trump.
“I want to decide what I want to do with my body,” the former first lady said. interview aired on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I don’t want the government to interfere with my personal business.”
“I let him be who he is,” she added, speaking of her apparent disagreement with her husband’s views. “He has other beliefs and he will do what he believes if elected.”
Melania Trump went public with her pro-choice stance on Thursday in a promotional videos to preview her upcoming book, “Melania.” The book is scheduled for release on Tuesday and is expected to further detail her views on abortion.
The Republican first lady’s stance on the issue is a notable departure from her partisanship and her husband’s stated views.
Donald Trump says he believes abortion access should be decided by states, not by the federal government. He has repeatedly celebrated and taken credit for the decision to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling Roe v. Wade, establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
Yet voters consistently ranked abortion as one of the former president’s least popular campaign positions in national polls.
Trump has recently shifted his stance, trying to strike a balance between appeasing traditional GOP voter bases while also appealing to undecided voters who could decide the election. elected in November.
in one social media Posted Tuesday, Trump said for the first time that he would veto any federal abortion ban if he wins a second term in the White House.
Revealing that Melania Trump, who has been conspicuously absent from the campaign trail this election cycle, appears to be more aligned with Democrats on the issue of abortion, with just a month to go November 5 election between her husband and Vice President Kamala Harris.
But she assured in her interview with Fox News that her beliefs would not come as a surprise to Donald Trump: “He’s known my positions and my beliefs since the day we met.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on Melania Trump’s abortion stance.
