By Elizabeth Rees / Made by History November 1, 2024 9:00 AM EDT F ormer First Lady Melania Trump has been conspicuously absent on the campaign trail during her husband’s 2024 presidential election bid. Yet in a recent interview to promote her forthcoming memoir, Melania , Trump made a bombshell revelation on one of the most divisive issues of this election: abortion. “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does to her own body?” asked the former