Germany's Left Wing party wants the federal government to distribute contraceptives to indigent Germans to let them enjoy having sex without running the risk of pregnancy. The proposal aims to curb the rising number of child births among women from the lowest-income bracket.

Katja Kipping, deputy chair of the Left Party, told Spiegel Online, "Poverty is overshadowing people's love lives." She added the indigent women are too poor to even afford to buy a birth control pill or IUD

Australian scientists have confirmed that pregnant women's memory falter during their pregnancy period and this would last until after giving birth.

The study showed that pregnant women may experience memory loss for at least a year after giving birth. Would-be-mothers lose some minor and unfamiliar details and tasks while pregnant

Parents want doctors to discuss sex, drugs and diet with children.

On the top of a wish list that parents want health caregivers to talk over with children during routine checkups are diet and nutrition, and exercise and sports, according to a report released Monday by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

Despite the liberal times, teaching one's own children about the birds and the bees is still a difficult task for many parents. To help them deal with this embarrassing situation, British Labour MP Chris Bryant is proposing coming out with sex advice packs which fathers and mothers may consult when their sons and daughters reach nine.

A similar booklet that will include the topics sex, relationships and contraception may also be offered to pre-teener Britons as part of the school curriculum. The novel, but potentially controversial proposal, is part of the state's effort to curb teenage pregnancies

A new bill in Kentucky says pregnant women would have to undergo an ultrasound before they are allowed to obtain an abortion. Doctors would be required to show the ultrasound images and explain the results to the pregnant mother.

"I want to make sure women understand fully what is happening if they get an opportunity to see the little fingers and toes of the baby that they're thinking about aborting," state Sen. Jack Westwood, (R-Crescent Springs), an anti-abortion lawmaker who sponsored the bill, told WLKY. "I want them to make informed choices