‘No room for compromise’: Melania Trump reiterates abortion rights support

Ex-first lady calls reproductive freedom an essential right' in first public response to news of abortion rights defense

Melania Trump doubled down in her first public response to news of her passionate support for abortion rights, a position starkly at odds with that of her husband, Donald Trump, and the Republican party he leads.

Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard," the former first lady said in a video released on Thursday. Without a doubt, there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth. Individual freedom. What does, My body, my choice' really mean?"