Lindsay and Madison are joined by Elyse from True Crime Cat Lawyer to discuss Madame Restell, as well as how abortions and birth control were legal once upon a time, that calling yourself a doctor doesn’t make you one, and how quickly men and the church decided they knew more about women’s bodies than women.

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