Abortion: artists donate to pro-choice organizations

If the stars have reacted strongly since Friday by denouncing the decision of the Supreme Court, some have also decided to open their wallets.

Singer Lizzo said she would donate US$500,000 (C$645,000) to the National Network of Abortion Funds, which brings together various organizations related to access to abortion in the United States. Live Nation doubled the amount, for a total of US$1 million (C$1.2 million). The artist also encouraged his fans to contribute by adding a link to the grouping.

Women of color have historically had disproportionately limited access to family planning resourceswrote the singer on Instagram and Twitter.

Actor Chris Evans also posted a message on Twitter saying he had donated to the same group. If you can afford it, I hope you will too.he added.

As for the group Rage Against the Machine, it has decided to donate 475,000 US dollars (611,000 Canadian dollars) to organizations in Illinois and Wisconsin that help women have access to abortion.

Separately, at a concert in London, Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong announced that he wanted to give up his US citizenship and live in the UK. There’s too much bullshit in the world to go back to this fucking country. I’m not kidding: you’re going to hear a lot about me in the next few dayshe said on stage before chanting F*ck America.

Personalities continue to denounce the decision

At the famous Glastonbury music festival, which took place last weekend in the UK, several artistic figures also spoke out against the Supreme Court’s decision. Among them was Kendrick Lamar, who said at the end of his performance while wearing a crown of thorns: Good luck for women’s rights. They judge you, they judge Christ.

During their respective shows during the festival, Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish criticized the Supreme Court’s decision. Today is a really, really dark day for women in the United States. I’m just gonna say this ’cause I can’t bear to think about it any longersaid Billie Eilish.

Host Jimmy Kimmel was also outraged and issued a call to action on Twitter after one of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, said he wanted to tackle contraception and gay marriage. Ready for birth control and same-sex relationships to be in jeopardy too? Madmen take over because we don’t acthe wrote.

Singer Jazmine Sullivan, receiving a trophy, at the BET awards ceremony, which honors artists from the African American community, asked for the support of men, stressing that abortion was not just an issue feminine. If you’ve ever taken advantage of a woman making one of the toughest decisions of her life, terminating a pregnancy, you need to stand up with us.