it was the beginning of the catholic -- cafeteria catholicism. you take what you want. i got a letter from someone who said well i am a catholic so i oppose abortion so i decided i had to use birth control very faithfully. wait a minute here. you are missing something. so, did you have any idea going into this about the very strong political feelings attached to the pill even today? >> guest: oh sure. you can't miss it if you read the newspapers and that was a big incentive for me and wanted to tell the story. i thought it would be great for people to understand how we got here and what it looked like before we have these options. we are still fighting over these things that sanger thought would be done with. she saw once the pill was out there everybody would see that it worked and change the world and gave women more opportunities and made women healthier and reduced abortion. she thought the argument would be over in the fact that it was not over shows how strong people feel about this issue. i don't think it's fair to keep fighting over the issues and where they com