Lizzo Slams Texas’ Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Law: 'Stay Out Of My Body'

“Truth Hurts” singer Lizzo did not mince words when she spoke about Texas’ anti-abortion law on the keynote session of this year’s SXSW festival in Austin.

“The abortion ban is atrocious,” Lizzo told the crowd in the Austin Convention Center. “Mind your business. Stay out of my body.”

Texas passed a law in September 2021 which criminalizes abortions when cardiac activity is detected in the fetus, which is around six weeks into a pregnancy.

At the SXSW festival, Lizzo told the crowd that “trans rights are human rights” and slammed politicians who are “letting us down.” The self-love advocate, who was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Houston also said, “I’m proud to rep Houston, but I’m not proud to rep Texas politics,” she said.

Abortion rights advocates fought against the new law but lost their bid to block the ban after the Supreme Court in Texas, on March 11, shut down a federal lawsuit against it. Protesters of the anti-abortion law have previously lost their case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

"This is a win for thousands of unborn Texans and I'm proud to defend those who do not yet have a voice," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was quoted by CBS on March 11.

Lawmakers in Oklahoma recently approved half a dozen anti-abortion measures, including a ban on abortions similar to the Texas Heartbeat Act after patients from Texas began pouring into the neighboring state to get an abortion, according to the CBS report.

Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also signed an order that makes gender-affirming surgeries for minors a form of "child abuse." Abbott authorized Texas' Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate such kinds of "abuse" and to look into the parents whose child is subjected to "abusive gender-transitioning procedures."

Abbott also emphasized that Texas law requires "licensed professionals" including doctors, nurses and teachers of minors to report the so-called abuse. Failure to do so is punishable by law.

Lizzo is headlining Amazon’s new reality show "Watch Out For the Big Grrrls" which premieres on March 25. The show follows Lizzo’s quest to find plus-size backup dancers for her upcoming world tour.

Lizzo also announced Sunday that her new album, the follow-up to her previous record “Cuz I Love You” is already complete and will be released “very very soon.”