Alabama has imposed the strictest rules against abortion anywhere in the US. The Republican-led senate this week passed a bill which places a near-total ban on terminations - even in cases of rape and incest - and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison. The only exception is where the mother's life is at risk.

Women in the state have been protesting against the ban, inspired by Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. The dystopian novel tells of a world in which fertile women are reduced to walking wombs, and forced to wear red robes and white bonnets.

Since the novel's resurgence as a TV series, women have been donning the costumes to protest for women's rights worldwide. Here are some of them...