Fans of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, and the recent Emmy-award winning series of the same name, will recognise these protesters as handmaids. It is against this factor of Kavanaugh’s appointment that women have been wearing the clothes of The Handmaid’s Tale. #CancelKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/LI5AyvCgG3 — melissa byrne (@mcbyrne) September 4, 2018Protesters with Demand Justice dressed as handmaids stand outside Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing room. #SCOTUSKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/oQY7CN3fYD — Lydia Wheeler (@WheelerLydia) September 4, 2018The harrowing subjugation depicted in The Handmaid’s Tale is now being used by women to protest against abortion laws across the world. A month later, more women gathered gathered outside the Capitol Building in Washington amidst funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, the US reproductive healthcare organisation.

Source: Irish Examiner September 04, 2018 18:45 UTC