Abortion organizations hosted at singer Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Guts” tour will no longer be distributing emergency contraceptives at the singer’s concerts.
As per the Variety, after widespread media attention, local abortion funds were told that they were no longer allowed to hand out free emergency birth control pills and other reproductive health resources at the concerts.
According to three sources at local abortion funds, that decision came from Rodrigo’s team. It was relayed over Slack by the National Network of Abortion Funds, which partnered with the pop star to set up booths at each of her North American tour stops.
“The reality is that youth have sex, and youth need access to birth control and emergency contraception,” Hurley tells Variety over the phone. “What we’re doing is completely legal in all 50 states.” A representative for Rodrigo did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.
While the organization was explicitly prohibited from distributing Plan B, lubricant and condoms at Rodrigo’s concert Friday night, Spaeth says the Prairie Abortion Fund will still be out in full force disseminating informational materials as well as hats, buttons, and stickers.
Local funds had been distributing sexual health resources on the “Guts” tour since at least March 8 in Charlotte, N.C., but the initiative made global news after a photo of the free handouts, distributed by Right by You and the Missouri Abortion Fund at Rodrigo’s St. Louis show, went viral on the social media platform.
