100 women using oral contraceptives and 21 women using IUDs were selected at random from a family planning center to verify complaints of pill-users regarding their memory and motor activity. Based on results from the Porteus Maze test the majority in both groups demonstrated similar levels of intelligence (moderate to low); both groups had similar age distributions (less than 30 years). Oral contraceptive patients took memory span and needling bead tests two months prior to treatment and two months after they had started taking pills. Results (shown in tables) from neither of these tests showed significant differences from control group results and indicated that neither memory span or psychomotor activity were affected by contraceptive pills. Improved education is suggested to alleviate anxiety and fear of side effects associated with oral contraceptives.