He later recalled being affected by the widespread infanticide of baby girls, saying "Unwanted female infants were disposed of by throwing them through a small hole in one of the dozens of stone huts erected for the purpose around the countryside.
[2] Morris majored in biology at Princeton University where he was a member of the Cap and Gown Club and the managing editor of The Daily Princetonian.
[3] Morris and Gertrude Van Wagenen are considered the "discoverers" of morning-after contraception, working first with DES to prevent pregnancy.
[6][7][8] Van Wagenen and Morris reported their success with human subjects at the 1966 annual meeting of the American Fertility Society.
[9] Morris was the chief of gynecology and professor at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine for 35 years.