How young is too young to learn about sex? How Olivia Rodrigo ignited a fight for early education
When Olivia Rodrigo partnered with abortion funds across the United States to provide free access to birth control for her concert-going fans last month, the 21-year-old pop star was praised for her continuing commitment toward reproductive justice. That is, until her team reportedly ceased her partnership with the abortion funds over concerns that Rodrigo’s audience was too young to receive such information. But, according to students themselves, they’re never too young to learn about sexual health.
On 12 March, fans at the “Deja Vu” singer’s concert in St Louis, Missouri – where abortion is , with very limited exceptions for medical emergencies – received free emergency contraception and condoms. The Missouri Abortion Fund and Right By You, a text hotline that connects young people to abortion care, , and information about reproductive rights, distributed free boxes of the one-step pill Julie, a progestin‑only emergency contraceptive that prevents pregnancy when taken within 72
