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10 Nursing Rules You've Never Heard Of
Marijke Durning | Scrubs Magazine

9. If you’re single, you aren’t allowed to get pregnant in the United Arab Emirates.
If you’re a single nurse and you fall in love while working in the UAE, be careful. Although some rules in the UAE aren’t quite as strict for non-citizens, it is still forbidden for single foreign women to have children out of wedlock. In Dubai, single women who are pregnant may either marry the father or leave the country; the other option is being arrested for fornication. In the other emirates, single women who are pregnant may be arrested or deported.