Posted on 12/21/2015 12:02:09 PM PST by xzins
The Food and Drug Administration has lifted the ban on blood donations from men who have engaged in sexual relations with another man. Now, in order to donate blood, a man will have had to have been abstinent for the period of one year prior to donation.
This new policy is similar to the deferral period for a woman who has engaged in sexual activity with a man who had previously sexual activity with another man, or for someone who has traveled to a country where malaria is prevalent.
The Food and Drug Administration released final rules on Monday that would allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they have been celibate for one year. Under previous rules, men who have had sex with men are banned from donating indefinitely.
“Ultimately, the 12-month deferral window is supported by the best available scientific evidence, at this point in time, relevant to the U.S. population. We will continue to actively conduct research in this area and further revise our policies as new data emerge," Dr. Peter Marks, deputy director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, wrote in a statement Monday.
The move partially rolls back a 1983 ban that has since been described as medically unwarranted. Efforts to eliminate that ban, which have crawled forward under the Obama administration, mark the biggest step in a decades-old debate on whether gay and bisexual men, who are at a higher risk for HIV/AIDS, can safely donate blood.
The baby I’m currently carrying is anemic for reasons I won’t bore you with. It is likely she will need a transfusion after birth. This pisses me off to no end
Ok, smarty. Here ya go:
Trump said political correctness is killing us. He’s correct & this right here is a fine example.
Was the blood from the Arkansas Prison System under then Governor Bill Clinton? They sent out lots of blood which killed hemophiliacs throughout the USA.
I believe you are correct.
Which is precisely why homosexuality is no longer on the APA schedule of mental illnesses.
Sometime back in the early 80s I recall an interview with a homosexual (I don't recall if it was radio or TV) who stated that the only way AIDS research would be fairly funded was if straights were at equal risk of being infected. So he and other ho0mosexuals were going to donate blood, frequently.
and we all know how trustworthy fags are because surely they won't lie about having sex with a another fag within the year...surely they won't....
don’t forget how the Clintons helped spread Hep C to thousands thru their letting prisoners give blood...
how long before your internal organs will be matched up with someone no matter if you refuse AND perhaps they'll even start matching up your organs before you die so they'll be "prepared" when they want to take your liver and give to one of their favored druggies...
its its allowed....
If a person will have sex with dozens and dozens ever...then he will lie.
You will have to reach out to family and find trusted blood.
This contest has finally come down to who shall live and who shall die. The vile degenerate sodomites and their African Queen in the Rainbow Hut are drawing a literal “red” in the sand against every decent American.
Are they not levying war of a sorts against us? Are we not now in mortal peril? Is this action any different than levying war against the states or otherwise aiding and abetting our enemies? Is this not an act of treason against the very people that in fact are this republic?
This has now become a matter of both national AND individual survival. These goons now threaten our very lives. Would this act be any less menacing against the American people than if the federal government were to purposely poison our water and food, having the premeditated intent to murder off the population?
Is this not an attempt at genocide against the majority heterosexual population?
How many more steps to must we retreat before our backs are against the wall and we finally fight?
Must federal goon squads knock down your door in the middle of the night and blow your heads off in front of your wives and children? Is that when you will finally decide to act as we eventually must act?
Are we Americans - or are we cowardly little slaves , hoping the wolf eats us last?
How much more tyranny are you all willing to accommodate for the sake of an imagined peace?
He went through three different treatments over the years. The first one made him deathly ill. He got another treatment a year ago that had 85% cure rate. His medical insurance only allowed him to take the pills for 3 months, and it came back. This last treatment, and it was the very last option the doctor insisted on treatment for 6 months. This med is advertised on tv quite a bit very expensive,but 97% cure rate.
“Pure insanity.”
But politically correct, lucky us, not!
I long for the days when this country was one of respect for tradition and fear of God, and we were fighting to be the first in line to preserve our freedom. I’m not sure where I’m living now. Can you imagine the outrage if this happened in 1990? 1995? 2000? Seems so long ago. Homosexuality is the antithesis of what made America great — strong willed men, raised to be responsible heads of household, enforcing our long standing traditions and history, and respecting women as mothers. It’s all being erased, piece by piece. How did we get here so fast?
What does Trump have to do with fags sharing their blood?
Yep. The Founder’s Era would consider us depraved.
Thanks so much.
A 97% cure rate is fantastic.
I wish him well-—it must have been very tough.
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He was in San Francisco-———that about tells you all you need to know about the donor(s).
It was a dreadful time.
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