CORONAVIRUS: US RELAXES GAY BLOOD DONATION LAWS
CORONAVIRUS: US RELAXES GAY BLOOD DONATION LAWS
Due to the unprecedented demand on blood supplies in the US, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a significant loosening of eligibility for blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
This is an issue Mark Ward has been raising awareness of for many years. He was asked for his input by the Department of Public Health in England to assist in their work on lowering the timescale for deferral from 12 to 3 months.
The Politics Show – Gay Blood Donations – 18th September 2011
Mark Ward talks about how contaminated blood products have destroyed his life. The topic of Gay blood donations is discussed in the London studio.
Further information about the ban on gay men donating blood can be found on the Haemosexual website.