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Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries
Abdul Ahad
29 Sep, 2013
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2013/09/saudi-copy-copy.jpg">RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems, countering activists who are trying to end the kingdom's male-only driving rules.</P><P>A campaign calling for women to defy the ban in a protest drive on Oct. 26 has spread rapidly online over the past week and gained support from some prominent women activists. On Sunday, the campaign's website was blocked inside the kingdom.</P><P>In an interview published on Friday on the website sabq.org, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan said women aiming to overturn the ban on driving should put )