The garment has become a symbol of resistance in recent years, employed in this specific instance to target Alabama’s near-total abortion ban, signed by the governor earlier this week. “Well, basically, we’re all handmaids now,” Jones said, adding: “This is how it starts. [Everything you need to know about the abortion ban news]Only male Alabama senators voted on Tuesday to pass the country’s most restrictive abortion bill, which criminalizes the procedure in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest. “Women are screwed.”In a sketch parodying “The View,” Jones’s Whoopi Goldberg announced, “This week, Alabama passed a near total ban on abortion. There are so many women out there who’ve got your back.”Read more:The unsentimental abortion scene in ‘Shrill’ isn’t groundbreaking.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2019 10:00 UTC