Women dressed in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ garb protest at Capitol

(AP) – Eleven women dressed in costumes from the television
show “The Handmaid’s Tale” are drawing attention in the Missouri Capitol as they
protest a proposal aimed at limiting abortion funding.The women on Wednesday walked through the Statehouse in red capes and white
bonnets like those worn in the show.

The series is based on a Margaret Atwood novel about a totalitarian society in
which human rights are trampled and women are treated as property.

One protester carried a sign that said “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is not an
instruction manual.”

The budget proposal in the Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature would
end funding for health care centers that provide abortions or refer women
elsewhere to receive abortions not necessary to save mothers’ lives.

Lawmakers have until Friday to pass a budget.

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