Lizzo criticises Nebraska bill banning abortion access and gender-affirming care
nme.comLizzo has hit out at the newly-passed anti-abortion bill during a headline show in Nebraska.After three-months of legal back and forth, the “Let Them Grow” bill was voted through by Republican state lawmakers on Friday (May 19), banning abortions after 12 weeks alongside a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth.The LB574 bill has been heavily criticised, with protesters surrounding the state capitol chambers in Lincoln.
During her headline show at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Nebraska on Friday, Lizzo spoke out about the bill.“Anybody who comes to a Lizzo show should know that I am for people to have the right to reproductive and gender-affirming [healthcare],” she said.“At times I get very political because as adults, we feel it.
There are children here tonight and it really breaks my heart that there are young people growing up in a world that doesn’t protect them,” Lizzo continued. “So let me be your safe space tonight.”“Don’t let anybody tell you who you are.
Don’t let any laws tell you who you’re not. You are who you are, okay? I see you, you are valid, you deserve to be here. You contain multitudes.
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