Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir

Exclusive: I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life,' former first lady writes in memoir

• Melania Trump's abortion views baffle both sides

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.