North Carolina, USA (Netavisen): Melania Trump surprised this week with the news that she supports women's right to abortion.

The Guardian newspaper was the first to report the case.

The newspaper was able to access a draft of the book she is working on these days.

Why should someone other than the woman herself decide?

The former first lady wrote that it is important to ensure that women themselves are able to determine their preferences for having children.

Melania Trump believes that this should be based on their own opinions, without interference from the authorities.

Why should anyone other than the woman herself decide what she does with her body? Melania Trump asks in the book.

After the news was published and carried by news channels and newspapers around the world, Melania Trump herself published a short video about the topic on the X website.

This was surprising, given who she is married to and the party her husband represents.

Donald Trump is credited with the fact that women do not have the right to self-abort in the United States. “I'm the guy who overturned Roe v. Wade,” he said.

In 2022, the US Supreme Court, with three relatively new conservative justices appointed by Donald Trump, overturned the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling.

Now it is up to the states in the USA to decide whether abortion is legal and what kind of provision they should have. As a result, 13 states have imposed abortion bans.

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– That's never happened before

So the fact that Melania Trump is so at odds with Donald Trump on this topic has sparked reactions.

Either she separates from her husband and says, “I simply don’t agree with him, and I have my own book and my own point of view and I don’t care.” Or it's 3D chess. Maybe she softened Trump's stance on abortion so that some housewives and suburban voters would change their minds? He says CNN Commentator Van Jones.

The exact motive behind Melania Trump making this revelation is now unknown.

– It's strange. I don't think you've ever seen a former first lady, or a candidate's spouse, come out with a book and a video saying, “I disagree with my husband's party on a major issue.” Van Jones says this has never happened before.

He joked that Melania Trump could easily play Beyoncé's song “Freedom,” which Kamala Harris is using in her campaign, as a background tune for the video.

– Liz Cheney came out today. Maybe Melania will come tomorrow? Van Jones says, referring to the fact that former top Republican Cheney is supporting Harris in this year's presidential election and attended an event organized by the Harris campaign this week.

-I think she hates him

On the popular TV show The View, the hosts wonder if Melania Trump is trying to destroy Donald Trump.

-I think she hates him. I think she wants to get him out. Attorney Sunny Hostin says she doesn't want to be first lady anymore.

-You must write what you believe

Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday that he spoke with his wife about the move.

Trump claims he did not set any guidelines on what she could or could not write.

“You have to write what you believe in. I'm not going to tell you what to do,” was Trump's message to Melania Trump, according to what the presidential candidate himself said.

Where does Donald Trump really stand?

Even Donald Trump hesitated on this topic.

In April, he came out and said he didn't want to ban abortion nationally. He believes the states should decide, but he said he supports exceptions if the woman has been subjected to rape or incest, and if there is a risk to the woman's life.

In Trump's home state of Florida, women can no longer have an abortion after six weeks. The state is also holding elections on abortion law this year.

Donald Trump has stated that he believes the six-week limit is too short.

Earlier this week, he said he would veto a federal ban on abortion.

As a Republican presidential nominee, one challenge is that Trump must appease conservative forces in the party, while at the same time wanting to appeal to voters outside the party.

On the issue of abortion, this is particularly difficult because many conservatives, including the party's top politicians, want to ban abortion.

Even vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance said in 2022 he wants to Abortion should be illegal.

In this week's vice presidential debate, he, like Trump, expressed his support for states to decide.

Vance now believes the discussion should be about how to make having children attractive. He focused on improving what good family policy would be.