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“Satanic" plant and facilitator of “genocide”: Right-wing media’s unhinged response to Olivia Rodrigo concert attendees receiving emergency contraceptives
Anti-abortion figures attacked Rodrigo and spread misinformation about contraceptives as she supports reproductive health access on tour
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As pop star Olivia Rodrigo promotes abortion rights in collaboration with reproductive health groups on her GUTS tour, right-wing media have gone on the attack, with one figure even accusing Rodrigo of “facilitating genocide” by inviting abortion organizations that offer emergency contraceptives to concertgoers. Conservative figures also spread misinformation about the morning-after pill after nonprofit groups distributed free emergency contraception at one recent concert in Missouri, arguing that the drug terminates a pregnancy. In reality, the over-the-counter medication prevents but does not terminate pregnancies.