The Carl Djerassi part is problematic. He was act...

2009-11-06T09:51:55.620-05:00

The Carl Djerassi part is problematic. He was actually writing last December ('08) - and is now 86 (since October 29th) - and apparently The Guardian had to apologise and retract their story at the time, although not before unintentionally starting a "Father of Contraception Repents His Invention" story that is STILL running around the world, which is why I'm reading your article that puts yet another twist on it.

But worldwide, pregnancy is more dangerous than swine flu.

My factual response to the spurious birth control controversy is at
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.abortion/msg/21908eeea8cc08eb (actually read in a science fiction reader group), and includes a link to what Carl Djerassi actually said, and also to him complaining about what people made of it.

As for alcohol abuse, that is a British disease especially (although U.S. sports fans of both sexes can be pretty bad in this and other ways) and we should do more about it, along with all other narcotics. Getting dead drunk by closing time was a reason for abolishing closing time or at least for - er - staggering it, so that pubs empty out onto the streets one at a time, not all together. But the greater problem (e.g. murder) is mostly with drunken men, not women.

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The Carl Djerassi part is problematic. He was act...