Margaret Atwood Thinks Roe v. Wade Will Be Overturned—and There Will Be the 'Most Horrific Backlash'
By Chantal Da Silva
On 9/10/19
As states across America continue to usher in new laws imposing restrictions on abortion, Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale has become increasingly relevant in its depiction of a totalitarian regime that sees women's bodies as properties of the state.
And now, as Atwood releases The Testaments, her much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, the Canadian author has also offered a premonition for the future of abortion laws in the U.S.