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have the FDA scrap the decades-old lifetime prohibition on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.

Created by R.I. on February 20, 2015

The Food and Drug Administration announced in December of 2014 that it would scrap a decades-old lifetime prohibition on blood donation by gay and bisexual men, a major stride toward ending what many had seen as a national policy of discrimination, but, the agency will continue to ban men who have had sex with a man in the last year, saying the barrier is necessary to keep the blood supply safe, a move that frustrated rights groups that were pushing for the ban to be removed entirely.

Lift the Ban entirely, this is a matter of testing practices to ensure a good supply, not what the donor does privately!

Civil Rights & Equality
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