Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries

 

RIYADH, Oct 1:  A conservative 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 Islamic kingdom’s male-only driving rules. A campaign calling for women to defy the ban in a protest drive on October 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. (agencies)