Lady Gaga pauses D.C. concert to defend Abortion

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“I pray that this country will speak up, that we will stick together, and that we will not stop until it’s right!” Lady Gaga said before singing “The Edge of Glory” during a Monday night concert stop

Lady Gaga has spoken out against abortion restrictions and bans around the country.

On the night of her show, as part of her Chromatica Ball tour, the singer, 36, dedicated her performance of “The Edge of Glory” to women across the country.

“I would like to dedicate this song to every woman in America,” Gaga said while sitting on a piano, adding that her dedication went towards “every woman who now has to worry about her body if she gets pregnant.”

The A Star Is Born actress continued, “I pray that this country will speak up, that we will stick together, and that we will not stop until it’s right!”

Gaga then began singing her 2011 hit, breaking down several times during the performance. “You just have to keep believing that everything will be okay,” she stated mid-performance.

“I didn’t mean to be a downer, but there’s some s—- that’s more important than show business,” Gaga said at the end of her slowed-down rendition.

<a href="https://people.com/tag/lady-gaga/" data-inlink="true">Lady Gaga</a> performs on stage during The Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium Tour at Friends Arena on July 21, 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Gaga’s devotion earlier this week at her concert is not the first time the “Shallow” singer has expressed support for abortion rights.

Gaga stood up alongside Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, and others in support of Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffMyBody campaign in 2019.

“It is an outrage to ban abortion in Alabama period,” Gaga said in a post, referring to a then-new law signed by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. “And all the more heinous that it excludes those that have been raped or are experiencing incest nonconsensual or not.”

“This is a travesty and I pray for all these women and young girls who will suffer at the hands of this system,” Gaga added at the time.

Gaga is currently traveling the globe as part of her long-awaited Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium tour.

After a two-year delay due to the coronavirus epidemic, the concert event finally began on July 17 with a sold-out show in front of 54,000 people at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The concert features live performances of songs from Gaga’s No. 1 sixth studio album, Chromatica, such as “Rain on Me,” “Stupid Love,” “Replay,” “Free Woman,” “911” and “Alice.”

Other songs include hits from the songstress’ massive discography, such as “Bad Romance,” “Poker Face,” “Shallow” and more. The show caps with “Hold My Hand,” a single which dropped in May and was written for Top Gun: Maverick.

In a video Gaga posted on Instagram before her first show, the entertainer gave fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the concert series, making note of how she had not been on tour since 2018.

She said, “Everybody has worked so hard on this show and we love you so much. We’re so grateful … I want to thank you for sticking it out with me and loving me through the different iterations of my artistry as well as me as a person.”