Get the latest gossip
Abortion Rights Groups Will No Longer Hand Out Emergency Contraceptives on Olivia Rodrigo’s Tour
Olivia Rodrigo’s concerts will no longer feature local abortion rights groups handing out free emergency contraceptives on her Guts World Tour.
At Rodrigo’s St. Louis concert, the dispersion of Plan B and condoms became nationwide news due to Missouri’s near-total abortion ban and state legislators’ attempts to make access to the morning-after pill illegal. In a statement to Rolling Stone, Missouri Abortion Fund and Right By You — who handed out the emergency contraceptives at the St. Louis gig — said that while Rodrigo invited the groups to have a booth at the arena, “It was our decision to pass out EC.” Destini Spaeth of the Prairie Abortion Fund, which will have a presence at Rodrigo’s St. Paul, Minnesota concert tonight, told Variety of the decision, “There is something really positive about a 16- or 15-year-old having a Plan B and a few condoms in her dresser to use as she needs it.
Or read this on RollingStone
