Posted by pseudoname on March 7, 2006, at 17:55:55
News item:
“The federal Food & Drug Administration will meet this week to hear arguments from organizations that want the government to revise guidelines on a 23-year old policy prohibiting gay men from donating blood.
“The American Red Cross has continued to support the ban, while other blood banks have advocated for a less restrictive policy. But now the Red Cross may be throwing its support behind a push to revise the nationwide ban.”
YAAAYY!!
I haven't donated blood since the late 1980s, despite being HIV-negative and having no exposure to risk in 12 years. My blood is safer than that of many, many others who are allowed to donate. I *want* to donate blood, but I wouldn't lie to them, so I couldn't.
This is very, very, very good news.
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