The phrase "affecting its ability to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how one factor influences or impairs the capability of something else.
Example: "The recent changes in policy are affecting its ability to meet the required standards."
Alternatives: "impacting its capacity to" or "hindering its capability to".
I developed AireLive in South Korea with very little concern about Internet speeds affecting its ability to function the way we designed it.
This was something impacting the body that came from the outside and affecting its ability to repair itself.
And it may become subject to potentially tougher rules governing its capital, affecting its ability to continue buying back stock.
Fierce radiation from the first quasars, for example, could ionize the protogalactic gas over large swaths of space, affecting its ability to collapse and light up.
The opening of the hub will be a milestone for the state's FVPLS, which since its incarnation has fought funding uncertainty, affecting its ability to provide culturally safe early intervention, prevention and community education programs.
The walls, roof and floors are all heavily insulated with wool fibres that are bound together with tree resin, creating a natural "vapour-permeable" material that allows moisture to pass through without affecting its ability to insulate.
The Environmental Protection Agency said it was reviewing the decision to see if it affected its ability to safeguard the nation's waters.
Regardless, this strain has been successfully used to identify and test various pathogenicity related phenotypes in planta suggesting that it may not affect its ability to macerate host tissues.
It said the extra costs would not affect its ability to meet its financial targets or have an impact on its dividends.
The highly secretive National Security Agency has confirmed that it had a "serious computer problem" last week that affected its ability to handle intelligence information.
The Agency insisted that any future reductions in staff would not affect "its ability to respond to flooding incidents", adding that it would minimise the impact on other frontline services as well.
