Olivia Rodrigo’s team will no longer allow abortion advocacy groups to hand out emergency contraceptives at her Guts World Tour stops, according to multiple media reports this week.
This comes after a viral social media post showed a fan holding morning-after pills from a recent concert in St. Louis, Missouri — a state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.
Though Rodrigo’s supporters had praised the distribution effort, abortion advocacy groups were reportedly told to stop giving out reproductive health resources like condoms, morning-after pills and lubrication, with the singer’s management citing the presence of children at concerts.
The National Network of Abortion Funds, which is partnering with Rodrigo’s team on her Fund 4 Good Initiative for reproductive rights, is said to have informed the groups about the new prohibition.
The Missouri Abortion Fund, which distributed resources at Rodrigo’s St. Louis show, told Variety that it was “our decision” to pass out emergency contraceptives at the concert.
“While we are disappointed to learn that other abortion funds will not get the same opportunity to do the same, we are encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response,” Robin Frisella, the community engagement director for the Missouri Abortion Fund, said in a statement.
“We can’t speak to why this decision was made, but we hope this conversation highlights the work being done by abortion funds.”
HuffPost has reached out to representatives for Rodrigo and the National Network of Abortion Funds for comment.
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