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Lizzo and Live Nation Pledge $1 Million to Abortion Rights Organizations

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Lizzo and Live Nation Pledge $1 Million to Abortion Rights Organizations

The singer is donating $500,000 of tour proceeds to Planned Parenthood and abortion funds. Live Nation will match her donation.

Lizzo in front of a wall of roses.

Lizzo (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/MG22/Getty Images for the Met Museum/Vogue).

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Lizzo has pledged to donate $500,00 of proceeds from her upcoming Special tour to Planned Parenthood and abortion rights organizations. The singer announced the decision in a tweet last night (June 24), hours after news of the ruling broke. She also revealed that concert promoter and venue operator Live Nation will match her donation, making the total pledge $1 million. Find social media statements from Lizzo and Live Nation below.

“The most important thing is action & loud voices,” Lizzo wrote in a follow-up tweet last night. “@PPFA @AbortionFunds & organizations like them—will need funding to continue offering services to people who are most harmed by this ban.” Lizzo also clarified that she will be donating to abortion funds in addition to Planned Parenthood.

“Black women & women of color have historically had disproportionately less access to family planning resources,” she added, pointing to her Lizzo Loves You website, which she launched to help black organizations in observation of Juneteenth. “This is a great loss but not a new one. Go to http://lizzolovesyou.com to donate, sign the Bans Off My Body petition and sign up to volunteer and take action.”

Live Nation have announced that they will cover travel expenses for “employees who need access to women’s healthcare services outside their home state.” They will also post bail for any employees who are arrested for peaceful protest.

Read Pitchfork’s guide “Resources to Protect Reproductive Rights After the Overturn of Roe v. Wade.”

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