'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.
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.
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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.
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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.
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
