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How a 1989 poster became a fixture on the front lines in the battle over abortion rights

  • Written by John Corso-Esquivel, Associate Professor of Art History, Davidson College

For abortion rights advocates, Barbara Kruger’s iconic feminist image “Untitled (Your body is a battleground)” remains as relevant today as when it was first released in 1989.

Following the May 2, 2022, leak of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s anti-abortion draft decision, Google searches for Kruger spiked. Sear...

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