2012 was a year when sexual and reproductive health hit the headlines in a big way. Sexual and reproductive health continues to cause passionate debate around the globe year after year.

Surely a law making sperm a marital asset in the context of donation would be a violation of an individual's right to make decisions about their own body and it's 'products', which would be a disastrous turn of events in my eyes and I'm no legal expert, but surely this would be in violation of our human rights.

Babies have become a commodity and people are paying for 'better ones'. The ability to pre-determine the sex of a child through IVF techniques and to learn the sex of a foetus early in pregnancy using ultra-sound or DNA analysis, has in parts of Asia led to a massive demand for male babies.