Post by Moraff on Mar 13, 2010 5:12:32 GMT -8
Should gays be allowed to donate blood?
Government revisiting restrictions on blood donations by gay men
"Federal health officials announced Friday that they would reexamine a 27-year-old set of restrictions on blood donations by gay men.
The restrictions, enacted in the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, impose a lifetime ban on men donating blood if they've had sex with another man at any time since 1977. "
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-fda-blood13-2010mar13,0,2676682.story
Government revisiting restrictions on blood donations by gay men
"Federal health officials announced Friday that they would reexamine a 27-year-old set of restrictions on blood donations by gay men.
The restrictions, enacted in the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, impose a lifetime ban on men donating blood if they've had sex with another man at any time since 1977. "
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-fda-blood13-2010mar13,0,2676682.story
