The ban also restricts entry and travel for people with sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy.

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As a result of rape, many women and girls were infected with sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.

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The chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee David Hinchcliffe said that in some parts of the country - including London and Manchester - the clinics dealing with sexually transmitted diseases were near to collapse.

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If first clinical trials prove the gel to be safe, larger scale trials will begin next year with prostitutes, who have a high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases.

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Though a physician would have tested the sperm for sexually transmitted diseases and certain genetic disorders, there are disincentives associated with going through a physician.

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