It may well take longer.

Give thought to how to achieve it without the inherent risks. These may include AIDS and chlamydia, but back then there were the clap and the siph, and the dreaded herpes (What's the difference between love and herpes? Herpes is for ever!)

The risk of pregnancy may well be lower now. THe risk of bankruptcy higher.

Is it worth any ineradicable risk? What is the cost of reducing the risk?

THE mechanics are the same, if the mechanic can still find the spanner