Olivia Rodrigo has been vocal about her help for reproductive rights all through her Guts World Tour, and politicians are taking discover. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomed the 21-year-old pop star to Detroit on Saturday (March 23) with a pun-filled video quoting the pop star’s music titles and commending her for talking out about bodily autonomy.
“We’re not simply good 4 u, we’re nice for anybody who believes within the basic proper to make knowledgeable selections about their very own our bodies,” Whitmer started, addressing Rodrigo straight in a clip posted to TikTok. “Such as you, Michiganders have guts and are utilizing their voices to drive change.”
“Throughout the nation, it appears like we’re taking one step ahead, three steps again, however right here, we’ve been a brutal drive in opposition to any makes an attempt to roll again our reproductive freedoms,” she continued, mixing in nods to songs on Rodrigo’s two studio albums, 2021’s Bitter and 2023’s Guts. “We’ve slayed outdated vampire legal guidelines that threatened our autonomy and expanded protections for these searching for or offering reproductive healthcare. Not a foul concept, proper?”
“Olivia, your voice resonates with so many, not simply by your music, however by your advocacy,” Whitmer added. “And in Michigan, we’re no stranger to combating for what’s proper. We couldn’t be happier to have you ever.”
Whitmer’s video comes a few month after Rodrigo kicked off her first-ever area tour. Along side the trek, the “Drivers License” singer launched her Fund 4 Good supporting native abortion organizations.
Along with donating a portion of her proceeds from tickets to abortion funds throughout the globe, Rodrigo has additionally been inviting native chapters of the Nationwide Community of Abortion Funds to arrange useful resource tables at every Guts World Tour venue in North America. At some reveals, followers may seize free morning-after capsules, condoms and lube; nevertheless, funds had been reportedly requested not too long ago to cease providing these gadgets at concert events.
Watch Whitmer’s TikTok beneath.
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