Driving injures women’s ovaries, says Saudi sheikh, as day of civil action planned
Sunday 29 Sep
In an interview with an Arabic-language publication, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan said that driving ‘could have a reverse physiological impact’ on women.
Women in Saudi Arabia are effectively banned from driving, despite growing domestic criticism of the policy.
‘Physiological science and functional medicine studied this side [and found] that it automatically affects ovaries and rolls up the pelvis,’ the sheikh, a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, told sabq.org.
‘This is why we find for women who continuously drive cars their children are born with clinical disorders of varying degrees.’
His comments come as some Saudi women have been lobbying for support in changing the law, while others are preparing for a day of civil disobedience.
On October 26 action will be staged with some women getting behind the wheels in defiance of the strict Sharia law.
Women in Saudi Arabia are effectively banned from driving, despite growing domestic criticism of the policy.
‘Physiological science and functional medicine studied this side [and found] that it automatically affects ovaries and rolls up the pelvis,’ the sheikh, a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, told sabq.org.
‘This is why we find for women who continuously drive cars their children are born with clinical disorders of varying degrees.’
His comments come as some Saudi women have been lobbying for support in changing the law, while others are preparing for a day of civil disobedience.
On October 26 action will be staged with some women getting behind the wheels in defiance of the strict Sharia law.
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