Lizzo tweeted “I’m pledging $500k from my upcoming tour to Planned Parenthood and Abortion Rights. Live Nation agreed to match— to make it 1 MILLION dollars,” to support abortion groups after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lizzo also responded to a comment adding- “The most important thing is action & loud voices. @PPFA, @AbortionFunds & organizations like them— will need funding to continue offering services to people who are most harmed by this ban,” she continued, directing fans to her Lizzo Loves You website, which she launched to help black organizations in observation of Juneteenth.
“Black women & women of color have historically had disproportionately less access to family planning resources— this is a great loss but not a new one.”
Lizzo, a Houston native, said she wasn’t “proud to rep” the state’s political laws and policies.
“I’m proud to rep Houston, but I’m not proud to rep Texan politics right now,” the “Truth Hurts,” singer told the audience listening at the Austin Convention Center. “There are very regressive laws being passed right now.”
Lizzo was referencing Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent decision to label transgender medical procedures “child abuse.” Lizzo and Live Nation’s action was one of the first sizable donations from the entertainment world, but they weren’t the only ones dissenting the Supreme Court’s ruling.
“I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are,” Taylor Swift tweeted, replying to a length post from Michelle Obama. “That after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that.”
