00:00Olivia Rodrigo's team is reportedly no longer allowing abortion funds to hand out contraceptives
00:05on her Guts World Tour.
00:07This news comes following morning after pills and condoms being given out at Rodrigo's show
00:11in St. Louis by the Missouri Abortion Fund.
00:14According to reports that surfaced on Friday, Rodrigo's team told the abortion funds that
00:18she's partnered with for future tour stops that they're no longer allowed to hand out
00:21contraceptives.
00:23D.C. abortion fund communications manager Jade Hurley said in a statement to The Hollywood
00:27Reporter.
00:28The Guts World Tour is asking abortion funds not to bring emergency contraception, condoms
00:33or lube to tour stops.
00:35We hope to see this change before D.C.'s date on July 20th.
00:38While the singer's St. Louis show went viral, it's worth noting the abortion funds tabling
00:42at previous shows, like the Carolina Abortion Fund at the March 8th concert in Charlotte,
00:46North Carolina, also had contraceptives available.
00:49Ahead of kicking off her Guts World Tour, Rodrigo announced she was launching a new initiative,
00:53the Fund for Good, through which she would partner with local chapters of the national
00:57network of abortion funds.
00:58THR has reached out to a representative for Rodrigo for comment.
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