Women wearing long red cloaks and white bonnets have become an increasingly common sight in government buildings around the country in recent months.

The latest state to see a protest inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian feminist classic The Handmaid’s Tale is Ohio.

On Tuesday, women filed into the statehouse on Tuesday to protest Senate Bill 145, a proposed ban on the most common method for second-trimester abortions.

SB 145 will ban the most commonly used abortion procedure in the 2nd trimester. #OHHandmaids are here to show the impact of abortion bans pic.twitter.com/GxwvM7l24j — NARAL ProChoice Ohio (@ProChoiceOH) June 13, 2017

The #OhioHandmaids are awaiting the next hearing to restrict their rights. pic.twitter.com/ZnVt79Bf9B — NARAL ProChoice Ohio (@ProChoiceOH) June 13, 2017

Just another day at the Statehouse. pic.twitter.com/R6H0RVuQaT — (((Michael Premo))) (@MichaelTPremo) June 13, 2017

The #OhioHandmaids are in the Ohio Statehouse to protest to #StopTheBans on abortion rights. pic.twitter.com/7r4Y9eMvvT — NARAL ProChoice Ohio (@ProChoiceOH) June 13, 2017

Photos of the protestors posted to social media by groups like NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio on Tuesday show the women walking through the Statehouse in pairs, much like handmaids in Atwood’s novel (and the much-acclaimed Hulu adaptation). The images showed them with their eyes downcast as they waited for the first hearing on the bill to commence.

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Dilation and evacuation, or “D&E,” is a safe method for second-trimester abortions. The Guttmacher Institute has said that banning the procedure disproportionately affects women who are already at a disadvantage when it comes to obtaining timely abortion care.

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