The Missouri Abortion Fund was invited to distribute condoms, information about abortion and boxes of Julie—an emergency contraceptive that works to prevent pregnancy much like Plan B—at the St. Louis stop of Rodrigo's Guts World Tour.
Advocates were able to hand out 100 emergency contraceptive kits, which each included two packets of the Julie pills and abortion care information, the Missouri Abortion Fund told Forbes.
By the women’s bathrooms, was a table where concertgoers could donate to abortion funds and pick up free condoms and morning-after pills, also called Plan B.
Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Republican, posted to X on Wednesday to say he was "horrified" by the move "as the father of a daughter." “Abortion hurts women,” he wrote. “@oliviarodrigo is actively harming women in Missouri by championing abortion. She should be ashamed.” (the other way around would sound better, Eigel should be ashamed - ndr)
Abortion is illegal in Missouri. (It is only permitted in the case of an emergency that threatens the life of a pregnant person.) Missouri Republicans are also trying to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive healthcare like STI screenings and contraception in the state.
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The opening night performance of Olivia Rodrigo‘s Guts Tour premiered Friday night in Palm Springs.
For anyone wondering which covers she might performing this time around: there aren’t any. All 22 songs in the set come from Rodrigo’s two albums, “Sour” and “Guts” — including one of the exclusive bonus tracks that came with some editions of the latter album:, “Obsessed”.
Now she’s got enough original material to fill a 95-minute set, and she was eager to play almost all of it live. In fact, she played all 12 of the songs on the standard edition of “Guts,” plus that bonus track as a 13th number. As for “Sour,” Rodrigo included nine of its 11 songs in the set (omitting only “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” and the somber closer “Hope Ur OK”).
Another difference from the 2022 tour: the inclusion of eight dancers, who sometimes indulged in choreography that was seen in overhead camera views, but often disappeared from the stage during either the most intimate or most hard-rocking numbers.
Setlist for Rodrigo’s opening night at Acrisure Arena:
Bad Idea, Right?
Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Vampire
Traitor
Drivers License
Teenage Dream
Pretty Isn’t Prety
Love Is Embarrassing
Making the Bed
Logical
Enough for You
Lacy
Jealousy, Jealousy
Happier
Favorite Crime
Déjà vu
The Grudge
Brutal
Obsessed
All-American Bitch
Good 4 U
Get Him Back!
