Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-5-2026
Abstract
Using the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child as a frame of reference, this essay examines current Supreme Court decisions and Congressional bills in order to highlight the struggles over the bodies and minds of young people in the United States. It uses Barbara Kruger’s 1989 artwork, “Untitled (Your body is a battleground),” to link the struggles for reproductive and bodily autonomy for women with parallel struggles for the bodily autonomy of young people.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10281
Publication Information
Rice, Mark (2026). "Young People Are Legal Battlegrounds." Public Humanities 2, e161, 1-4-.
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