Olivia Rodrigo will not hand out Plan B and contraceptives on tour
Olivia Rodrigo will not give free Plan Bs and condoms to concertgoers on her ‘Guts’ world tour.
The popstar lately made headlines for handing out contraceptive kits with condoms, Plan Bs, and knowledge for abortion entry at her present in Missouri. The state notably banned nearly all abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The kits had been a part of a reproductive rights initiative held on her tour, wherein the Nationwide Community of Abortion Funds would have a sales space at each present on her North American leg.
Nonetheless, the transfer angered a number of Republican figures, together with a “horrified” Missouri State Senator Bill Eigel: “Olivia Rodrigo is actively harming girls in Missouri by championing abortion. She must be ashamed.”
Now, native abortion organisers have stated they’re not allowed handy out contraceptive kits at Rodrigo’s concert events. Chatting with Variety, one organiser claimed that Rodrigo’s workforce stated they didn’t need the kits to be handed out as “kids are current on the concert events.”
In a remark to Rolling Stone, the Missouri Abortion Fund stated that “It was our determination to go out EC [emergency contraceptives].”
“Whereas we’re disenchanted to study that different abortion funds won’t get the identical alternative to do the identical, we’re inspired by the overwhelmingly optimistic response,” Robin Frisella, Missouri Abortion Fund’s Group Engagement Director stated to Rolling Stone.
“We will’t converse to why this determination was made, however we hope this dialog highlights the work being completed by abortion funds daily in states throughout the nation. We stand by our determination handy out EC and will likely be rising our efforts to offer this to our group.”
Rodrigo’s workforce didn’t reply to requests from Rolling Stone or Selection for remark.
The singer introduced in February that she was launching a reproductive rights initiative on excursions. This included donating a portion of her ticket gross sales to ‘Fund 4 Good’, which can “immediately help group primarily based non-profits that champion issues like ladies’ schooling, help reproductive rights, and forestall gender-based violence.”
As well as, a Nationwide Community of Abortion Funds sales space can be current at each present on her North American leg. Yow will discover out remaining dates on her tour and ticket data right here.
In different information, Rodrigo carried out ‘If It Makes You Pleased’ with Sheryl Crow at her present in Nashville.