'Handmaid's Tale' protesters are back, and this time they're at the Capitol
Handmaids in red robes and white bonnets stood in front of the Capitol Tuesday to protest the latest iteration of the GOP health care bill that's up for a vote in the senate.
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The protesters — clad in uniforms from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale — are demonstrating against a struggling senate bill that would overhaul Obamacare.
The vote has been delayed until after the July Fourth holiday recess, but the possibility of the bill's passage is still very real. It would affect women and reproductive health — and not in a good way.
Handmaid's Tale themed protesters at health care rally in front of the Capitol. #ResistTrumpcare pic.twitter.com/WjbHO4EaEh
— CAP Action (@CAPAction) June 27, 2017
Currently outside the Capitol pic.twitter.com/fn3KGfaljA
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 27, 2017
Planned Parenthood activists getting into Handmaid's Tale gear to troll Trump's motorcade pic.twitter.com/weyWllk351
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 27, 2017
This protest was staged by Planned Parenthood to protest the GOP healthcare bill pic.twitter.com/zIcaYjo9GD
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 27, 2017
The gathering was reportedly organized by Planned Parenthood volunteers but was also highlighted by NARAL on Twitter Tuesday. Mashable has reached out for more information.
Also outside the Capitol w/ us - Handmaids, making a chilling statement about the GOP #HealthcareBill's cruel policies. #ProtectOurCare pic.twitter.com/LBCxj4XVtl
— NARAL (@NARAL) June 27, 2017
The @PPact #handmaids are on their way to the Capitol #StandWithPP @PPESActs @UHPPANY @PPGenAction pic.twitter.com/YkvkU0albI
— PPGen at UAlbany (@PPGenatUAlbany) June 27, 2017
Tuesday's handmaids' protest is one of many around the country in the past few months — these protests have focused on cuts to women's health care options at the state level in Ohio, Texas, Missouri, and now at the Capitol.
The silent protest yet again speaks volumes about the impact the proposed health care plan would have on women.