FDA to ban gay sperm donors

[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.