Singer Olivia Rodrigo’s US tour has attracted a lot of attention. It wasn’t about the 21-year-old’s music, but about contraceptives. The US singer teamed up with local women’s rights organizations for her tour. The organizations provided information about abortions, including in US states where they are banned. In addition to information material, the women’s rights groups also distributed condoms, lubricants and the morning-after pill. But that now seems to be over.
Several women’s rights organizations confirmed the end of the distribution campaign at Rodrigo’s concerts to the “Hollywood Reporter” and “Variety”. Rodrigo’s team was reportedly concerned about continuing to distribute lubricants, condoms and morning-after pills at concerts because “there are children at the concerts,” Jade Hurley, communications manager for the DC Abortion Fund, told Variety. . Olivia Rodrigo’s team has not yet responded to media inquiries, according to Rolling Stone.
Even before the start of the “Guts” tour, Olivia Rodrigo announced that she would be launching a new initiative called “Fund 4 Good” to partner with local women’s rights organizations to provide women with the reproductive care they need.
The fact that contraceptives were distributed at Olivia Rodrigo’s concerts at US stops sparked a huge media response when the distribution campaign in St. Louis went viral. St. Louis is in the US state of Missouri, where almost all abortions are banned. The singer received a lot of praise for the campaign, but also criticism.
Bill Eigel, the Republican senator from Missouri, wrote on He is referring to the morning after pill. However, this is not an abortifacient. It cannot terminate a pregnancy, it can only prevent pregnancies. It is therefore an emergency contraceptive that can be taken if the actual contraceptive fails or is not contraceptive.
Rodrigo had given space to local women’s rights organizations in St. Louis to provide information about abortion. The Missouri Abortion Fund said on The Missouri Abortion Fund also clarified that the morning after pill is available even when Olivia Rodrigo is out of town. In addition, the emergency contraceptive is legal and safe to use, it continues.
The DC Abortion Fund has also already responded to Rodrigo’s team’s announcement that they will no longer distribute contraceptives at their concerts, but only provide information about abortions. The organization writes on And if they weren’t allowed to hand out condoms and morning-after pills in the concert hall, they would just do it on the sidewalk in front of it. Jade Hurley, communications manager for the DC Abortion Fund, told Variety, “The reality is that teens are having sex and need access to contraceptives and emergency contraception.” The educational work and the distribution of contraceptives are completely legal in all 50 US states.
Quellen: Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Variety, X1, X2, X3
