In this episode, Alesha and Charlotte launch a new mini-series on advocacy by exploring the historic Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut (1965). They trace the roots of the restrictive Comstock laws, which criminalized birth control, and advocates of reproductive rights opening a birth control clinic in open defiance of state law, leading to a groundbreaking decision. The hosts also reflect on how this decision reshaped women’s access to education, careers, and bodily autonomy, and discuss the vital role physicians play as advocates in shaping public health policy.

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