In overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court didn’t so much settle America’s long-running fight over abortion as push the battle to states. The court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization repealed constitutional and thus nationwide protections for abortions that had been in place since 1973.

As Donald Trump tries to muddy his anti-abortion position, his wife released a video calling “individual freedom” an “essential right that all women possess,” asking, “What does my body, my choice really mean?

Here is where Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump stand on a federal ban, the Supreme Court and other issues related to abortion.

The former first lady’s revelation is hard to square, given her husband’s singular role in rolling back a right she calls essential to women “from birth.”

CHICAGO — Melania Trump revealed her support for abortion rights Thursday ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, exposing a stark contrast with her husband, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on the crucial election issue.

In a video promoting her memoir, the former first lady said there was “no room for compromise” on a woman’s right to “individual freedom."

“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.” —Melania Trump, in her forthcoming memoir

Melania Trump has famously taken a very backseat role in her political family, to the point where you wonder if she’s even in the car at this point. But the former First Lady is finding her voice at a very convenient time,

Former first lady Melania Trump released a video expressing her support for abortion rights and teasing her forthcoming memoir, in which she reportedly describes being a passionate supporter of a woman’s right to control her own body.

In her upcoming memoir, 'Melania,' the former first lady reportedly shares a contrasting stance on abortion from her husband, former President Donald Trump