QUESTION: Who wrote the following?

"Margaret Sanger opened the first American family-planning clinic in 1916, and nothing would be the same again. Since then the growing proliferation of birth control methods has had an awesome effect on both sexes and led to a sea change in moral values....

"if I'd had a different attitude about sex, conception and responsibility, things would have been very different.

"One significant, and enduring, effect of The Pill on female sexual attitudes during the 60's, was: 'Now we can have sex anytime we want, without the consequences. Hallelujah, let's party!'

"It remains this way. These days, nobody seems able to...honor a commitment!....

"I'm ashamed to admit that I myself have been married four times, and yet I still feel that it is the cornerstone of civilization, an essential institution that stabilizes society, provides a sanctuary for children and saves us from anarchy....

"As a result of the example set by their elders, by the 1990s teenage sexual promiscuity -- or hooking up -- with multiple partners had become a common occurrence....

"if an aging sex symbol like me starts waving the red flag of caution over how low moral standards have plummeted, you know it's gotta be pretty bad."


ANSWER: Raquel Welch. The entire article, which can be very disturbing, can be found at (www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/07/welch.sex.pill/index.html?hpt=C2).