American singer Olivia Rodrigo is ready to bring it guts wWorld tour to Singapore Indoor Stadium for two nights on October 1 and 2 this year.
While many here are looking forward to her performance, Singaporean singer and influencer Sara Cheng-Dewinne, also known as Sara He does not agree with his 18-year-old daughter, Inés, attending the three-time Grammy winner’s concerts.
The 36-year-old shared that her sister had approached her because the ‘Vampire’ singer “handed out morning-after abortion pills” at her concert in Missouri.
Olivia made headlines last month for allowing pro-choice groups to hand out contraceptives like the morning-after pill and condoms.
MMM… Isn’t the morning after pill very different from an abortion pill?
In the US state of Missouri, abortion is illegal and is only permitted in the case of an emergency that threatens the life of a pregnant person.
Olivia’s team has since stopped distributing contraceptives because children were present at her concerts.
It is not confirmed whether similar organizations based in Singapore will be allowed to have a presence at their shows here.
8days.sg contacted concert organizer LiveNation for comment but did not receive a response.
Sara became a teen mom when she was 18 and in college.
“I just want to take a stance on this because I’m not encouraging Inés to leave,” said Sara, who has three more children, León, eight, Aarón, two, and Lila, seven months, with her husband. Mark DeWinne.
She then shared that she decided not to have an abortion when she became pregnant at age 18, even though many had advised her to do so.
At Olivia’s concert, Sara said that “I can’t stand the irony of my daughter going to a concert by a very famous pop star who advocates for abortion.”
“It is a practice that goes against our entire life history,” he added before criticizing Olivia for giving “platform and visibility” to pro-choice groups and approving their message.
“She gave the ‘abortionists’ the right to go and say, ‘Hey, do you want this morning after pill for $50?’ Because if you have sex and you are afraid of getting pregnant, you can just kill your child,” Sara continued.
He also added this disclaimer: “If you believe in abortion, that’s fine, it’s your prerogative.”
“I’m standing up for my own family and I’m saying I don’t think my daughter should leave because of this,” she said.
Although Sara closed the comments section of the video, that didn’t stop TikToker @moonbeam_moo from responding on her own account. Her response has since garnered 131,000 views.
He went on to clarify that “Plan B pills are different from abortion pills” and said that the former are used as emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy.
She also explained what abortion pills are used for and addressed how condoms and lubricants were also handed out at Olivia’s concert in Missouri.
@moonbeam_moo then said that abortion is illegal in Missouri and that Olivia’s point of view was to “protect women’s reproductive rights” where they are “able to choose what they want to do with their bodies.”
She also said it’s a “women’s rights issue rather than, ‘Oh, you’re being an accessory to murder.'”
In Singapore, abortions are allowed up to 24 weeks or six months of pregnancy.
Since her video was posted on Wednesday (June 12), many have come out to criticize Sara for promoting misinformation and thanked @moonbeam_moo for clearing it up.
“How come she (Sara) completely missed the point and confused the two pills? Is she a grown woman with so many children and she doesn’t notice the difference? perplexed Internet users asked.
Others began commenting on Sara’s other videos, with one writing that when Inés turned 18, “she can go to Oliva Rodrigo’s concert without her mother’s approval.”
