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06-28-2017, 03:40 AM
'Handmaid's Tale' protesters are back, and this time they're at the Capitol
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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.
SEE ALSO: Why 'Handmaid's Tale' costumes are the most powerful meme of the resistance yet (http://mashable.com/2017/05/28/handmaids-tale-protests-costumes/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The protesters — clad in uniforms from Margaret Atwood's dystopian **vel The Handmaid's Tale — are demonstrating against a struggling senate bill (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/politics/republicans-struggle-to-marshal-votes-for-health-care-bill.html) that would overhaul Obamacare.
The vote has been delayed (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/politics/republicans-struggle-to-marshal-votes-for-health-care-bill.html) 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 **t in a good way (https://www.vox.com/2017/6/22/15845832/republican-senate-healthcare-bill-planned-parenthood-better-care-reconciliation-act). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/27/handsmaid-tale-protest-health-care-capitol/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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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.
SEE ALSO: Why 'Handmaid's Tale' costumes are the most powerful meme of the resistance yet (http://mashable.com/2017/05/28/handmaids-tale-protests-costumes/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The protesters — clad in uniforms from Margaret Atwood's dystopian **vel The Handmaid's Tale — are demonstrating against a struggling senate bill (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/politics/republicans-struggle-to-marshal-votes-for-health-care-bill.html) that would overhaul Obamacare.
The vote has been delayed (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/politics/republicans-struggle-to-marshal-votes-for-health-care-bill.html) 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 **t in a good way (https://www.vox.com/2017/6/22/15845832/republican-senate-healthcare-bill-planned-parenthood-better-care-reconciliation-act). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/27/handsmaid-tale-protest-health-care-capitol/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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