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Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published a month from election day: she is a passionate supporter of a woman’s right to control her own body – including the right to abortion.

“It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government,” the Republican nominee’s wife writes, amid a campaign in which Donald Trump’s threats to women’s reproductive rights have played a central role.

“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.

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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Lol what a 3 page memoir? Born, pretty, modeling, meets rich old man, marries him and rich forever. What a life

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are missing her major in sociology from Princeton, her degree from Harvard law school, her time as the assistant to the mayor of Chicago and her role as associate dean of student services at the University of Chicago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’s kidding, wikipedia says she has a few months towards an architecture degree

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well she did get a "genius visa" or whatever it's called, so she's obviously brilliant.

/s not needed hopefully.

Just to lay it all out, because I was thinking about this earlier... About how far we've fallen (even including Clinton's BJ, and JFK's dalliances) with regards to what we are collectively willing to accept as character traits in our leaders. These are people that are supposed to be role models for our kids. Literal, unrepentant racists. Literal, unrepentant rapists.

The former (and possibly future) First Lady is a mail order bride/sex worker that a rich, gross old man (the President, btw) basically bought for all intents and purposes, by providing the means for her to fraudulently come to, and stay in, the US... Why should we give a shit what she has to say (unless it's on a witness stand)?

No judgement for the sex work specifically (though the Republican hypocrisy is on full display as always). Her trashiness is independent of her past sex work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Always best to add the /s, just in case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

As long as people don't think the part about the visa was sarcasm, because that's definitely real.

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