Singer Olivia Rodrigo became a champion of freedom by distributing
condoms and emergency contraception pills at her concerts. But now
she has ceased that practice, citing a
vague concern about "children"
that attend.
I can't tell whether "children" in her statement refers to the people
we normally call "children" — pre-teens — or to everyone under 18.
But either way, I can't see even a lick of sense in that decision to
stop. Whatever a person's age, if person is going to be sexually
penetrated, it is good for that person to have a condom available. Whatever a
female's age, if she may get pregnant, it is useful for her to have
emergency contraception available.
Unless she presents clearly some other reason, I have to think that
she has yielded to an incoherent right-wing moral panic.