"It's like taking the decision to commit suicide," he said.
And it means taking the decision beyond the executive echo chamber.
Mr Rodríguez, now a law professor, denies taking the decision to decommission the missiles.
"It's a simple way of taking the decision collectively," he said.
"The government is consciously and actively taking the decision to support investors over first-home buyers".
"Taking the decision first and consulting us later is not our idea of solidarity," he said.
Anyone taking the decision to send a women into such an institution should do it with a heavy heart.
"I will be taking the decision but I want to make sure we are taking it on the right basis.
The science minister David Willetts will visit next week, underlining how seriously the government is taking the decision.
Bernard said the council was taking the decision seriously, especially as beach kiosks and businesses could be affected.
The most that anti-abortion justices such as Antonin Scalia argue for is taking the decision away from the Supreme Court and handing it back to the legislatures.
