Joanna L. Grossman

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Who Decides? The Role of Parental Rights in Abortion and Gender-Affirming-Care Decisions for Minors

This Essay argues that the legal system has allocated power over abortion and gender-affirming care decisions for minors in ways that may jeopardize rather than protect children’s well-being. The law insufficiently accounts for children’s interest in bodily autonomy and self-determination, leaving them at the mercy of politics and ideology.