The following:
<FormGroup>
<Label>Email</Label>
<Input name="email" onChange={this._handleChange} />
{do {
if (this.state.showEmailEmpty) {
<span>
<br />This field cannot be empty
</span>;
}
}}
</FormGroup>
fails with this error:

Moving the <span> tag outside of the do block solves the issue...:
<FormGroup>
<Label>Email</Label>
<Input name="email" onChange={this._handleChange} />
<span>
{do {
if (this.state.showEmailEmpty) {
"This field cannot be empty"
}
}}
</span>
</FormGroup>
... as does removing the enclosing FormGroup