It’s been one week since Ireland took to the polls to repeal the eighth amendment on the country’s strict abortion laws and won.

Now, the incredible feat has sparked protests, campaigns and social media chatter as women in Northern Ireland call for the same change to be made north of the border.

In a powerful pro-choice protest (sure to be one of many in the coming months) women dressed in The Handmaid’s Tale-style outfits (conveying a message of oppression) as they gathered together outside courts in Belfast on Thursday 31 May.

After arranging robots to distribute abortion pills (they had found a legal loophole which allowed them to do so), the women apparently then swallowed them in protest in front of police officers.

Why women swallowed abortion pills in protest in Northern Ireland