She also wrote movingly about a persistent illness, eventually diagnosed as the painful womb condition endometriosis, that left her unable to have children.

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Former patients told the GMC how they were left in agonising pain, unable to have children and with permanent injury after being treated by Mr Neale.

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Genetic material from men who are unable to have children (even with the latest fertilisation techniques) will be put into eggs, and the embryos allowed to develop into babies.

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The fear they will be unable to support themselves let alone if they have children.

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The survey found that many carers felt unable to socialise, to have romantic relationships, or even to consider having children due to the emotional, mental, physical, and financial burden of their role.

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In Pakistan, we have been unable to find proper diagnosis, cure, or treatment for our children.

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