And he thought, this is a matter for every single human being to decide for himself. It isn’t a question of saving lives; of political freedom; it is an issue which is absolutely fundamental to all men and all women. No one has any right to make such decisions for them, and they can only make decisions if they know the facts. He knew, as this raced through his mind, what he would have to do—there was really no alternative. He felt calmer than he had for a long time as he said, ‘Will you make a statement yourself, sir?’ ‘Tell the people?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘I think—’ ‘Douglas,’ interrupted Keys with passionate intensity, ‘you mustn’t do this. Any young woman who wants a baby and doesn’t catch will think it’s because of this phenomenon, will think she never will conceive. Think of the awful social consequences. We’re in an age of sexual permissiveness, the pill has made promiscuity safe and relatively easy, but this—why, it will give absolute sexual freedom, licence to everyone in the land.
