September 22 is Fertility Day in Italy, but Italians are hardly in the mood. Following a series of government-issued ads intended to boost the country's falling fertility rate, citizens responded more with outrage than an appetite for sex, The New York Times reports. In Italy, many citizens view the current system of child support as highly ineffective. Parents bear sole responsibility of raising their children, unlike many other countries like Finland or the US, where day care is fully or partly covered by government subsidies. "I should be a model for their campaign, and I still feel very offended," Vittoria ... (full story)