A wise man once said to me that abortion & the Pill would change womens lives in a way which would be very difficult to cope with
Not because we could avoid unwanted pregnancy. Because we would have to decide when, or whether, to have a baby. Quite separately from deciding whether to have sex or get married
But then of course came a bigger shock for many. A generation brought up to believe that penetration comes with a very high risk of pregnancy, that such myths as not the first time or not if youre standing up were demonstrably untrue, had to grapple with the opposite. And when you started reading up on the causes of infertility, you started to wonder how any of us ever got here at all
You cant decide when to have a baby either - you can only decide when to make the attempt ( or take the risk)
We live in a quantum world. The reproductive process owes more to Einstein than to Newton
