Hundreds of women dressed as handmaidens stage a protest in downtown Rome, Italy, on November 10, 2018. /VCG Photo

They gathered to protest the so-called Pillon draft bill, proposed by Northern League party senator Simone Pillon, that aims to change the rules on the separation for couples and the custody of children. /VCG Photo

The bill, supported by Italy’s governing coalition, advocates that children of divorced couples should spend the exact same amount of time living with each parent and each parent would pay for the children’s needs when taking care of them, though young kids tend to live with their mothers. /VCG Photo

If one parent was unable to pay for the children’s needs, the wealthier parent would pay directly rather than writing a check to his or her ex-spouse. /VCG Photo

The supporters believe that this would help make child support obsolete while the left-leaning opposition and women’s groups are afraid that the bill would "turn back the clock 50 years on women’s rights." /VCG Photo