Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) may cause severe disadvantages to pregnant women and their babies. STD can cause maternal cancer, pelvic disease and infertility; pregnancy dangers include preterm labor, premature falling-out of membranes and uterine infections. STD are often spread to the baby in-utero and through delivery. Fetal infectivity may cause low birth weight, conjunctivitis, blindness, pneumonia, sepsis, neurologic damage, fetal demise or stillbirth. Open access to the scientific literature means the removal of barriers (including price barriers) from accessing scholarly work. There are two parallel “roads” towards open access: Open Access articles and self-archiving. Open Access articles are immediately, freely available on their internet site , a model mostly funded by charges paid by the author (usually through a search grant).