FDA to ban gay sperm donors

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7749977/

To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.

Spout off all you want about a higher percentage of homosexuals having AIDS (while we breeders seem to be doing our darndest to catch up), this sentence says it all...

“Under these rules, a heterosexual man who had unprotected sex with HIV-positive prostitutes would be OK as a donor one year later, but a gay man in a monogamous, safe-sex relationship is not OK unless he’s been celibate for five years,” said Leland Traiman, director of a clinic in Alameda, Calif., that seeks gay sperm donors.

Word.

[Ponine]

Gag me.

I'd be safer talking to my gay friends who I know they've been with their partners for years than most any straight man out there!!
What the h?

Thats ridiculous. Though, I dont think the blood bank will take you if you've had more than one partner in the last year, or sex for pay/hire regardless of your preference.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

No words. I have no words.

[Prudence]

But remember -- being gay is a *choice*! No biology involved!

Methinks the FDA would like to have its cake and eat it, too.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to our government. Nothing at all.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Well, I have one word: AWFUL.

This is just awful.

Is this an issue with blood donors, as well?

[Prudence]

I have visions of bible belt senators stocking up on 100% gay-free blood.

(of course, I'm not particularly in favor of sperm and egg donation regardless, a position guaranteed to piss off everyone!)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Well, I have one word: AWFUL.

This is just awful.

Is this an issue with blood donors, as well?

In response to the AIDS crisis of the 1980's the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 from giving blood. This 1985 provision argued that men who have sex with other men are at higher risk of contracting and transmitting HIV and hepatitis, posing a health risk to potential recipients. Thus, even with a needed rare blood type, gay men are prohibited from donating blood.

This type of logic is what keeps me from being surprised.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

This type of logic is what keeps me from being surprised.

I assume that was from the same article. Sorry, I just skimmed GD's post and didn't read the entire thing. Obviously.

Goodness. Just...goodness.

[Name]

Is it OK to donate sperm if a straight guy has poked a straight girl in the butt? If so, then what's the difference.....stupid govt......