Gay And Bisexual Men

[Jazzy]

From the article:

"Gay and Bisexual Men Are Now Allowed To Donate Blood In Most Of The U.K. The shift in health policy in most of the U.K. reverses a decades-old rule that limited donor eligibility on perceived risks of contracting HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted infections.

Gay and bisexual men in England, Scotland, and Wales can now donate blood, plasma and platelets under certain circumstances, the National Health Service announced this week in a momentous shift in policy for most of the U.K. Beginning Monday, gay men in sexually active, monogamous relationships for at least three months can donate for the first time.


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Do you agree or disagree with this new health policy and why?

 

[Lee]

I know this is old, but it doesn’t have any replies yet so I though I’d chip in.

I am on-board with this absolutely. There no moral or ethical reasons why any people of any sexuality cannot donate their blood to others.

 

[Fritz Kobus]

I am more concerned to not get blood from anyone who has taken the COVID shot.

 

[tango]

I'm not sure what someone's sexual preferences has to do with the quality of their blood. I suspect the rule was introduced back in the days when HIV was a "gay plague" but it seems to make more sense to screen blood for HIV rather than to reject it outright because the donor was gay.