Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.

Sure, men like a challenge - but so do women. And nobody likes to be challenged all the time. I know plenty of long-standing happy couples who slept together right away, spent hours yakking on the phone, split checks down the middle, and lived together for years before the wedding.

There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.

Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.