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FDA: Gay Men May Not Donate Sperm
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Posted on 05/20/2004 6:10:20 PM PDT by chance33_98

FDA: Gay Men May Not Donate Sperm

NEW YORK CITY - The Food and Drug Administration will announce today a new policy that says any man who openly acknowledges having sex with another man in the last five years will not be allowed to make anonymous sperm donations, reports The New York Times.

By strict definition, the news isn't really news for New Yorkers. The Empire State already bars gay men from donating sperm without providing their name, while the majority of nation's sperm banks have similar restrictions, citing concerns over AIDS as the primary reason.

But the FDA's ruling is setting a precedent some feel is not for the benefit of all.

''It's one thing to base these rules on legitimate scientific concerns," Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force told the Times, saying he and his group strongly denounce the FDA's decision.

"But it's another to reinforce baseless stereotypes.''

The FDA has said the new ruling isn't based on stereotypes, but on the need to implement more rigorous laws governing the regulation for the use of human tissue, a practice limited mostly to corpses.

Such lack of regulations, the FDA claims, have led to at least one death and countless injuries. In 2001, Brian Lykins died after surgery because the bone transplant he received was infected with bacteria.

An investigation after Lykin's death revealed the cadaver the tissue was extracted from had been unrefrigerated for over 18 hours.

Under the FDA's new rules, all donors must be tested for infections with HIV hepatitis B and C, syphilis and the human form of mad cow diseases. Sperm donors must also be screened for sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia and gonorrhea.

In addition, the FDA demands health care professionals ask donors a series of questions regarding their personal lives.

"If the donor is dead, the questions must be asked of a family member or doctor who is familiar with the medical history of the donor," the FDA said.

Sexually active gay men and people who use drugs will be barred from donations.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fda; homosexuals; spermbank; spermbanks

1 posted on 05/20/2004 6:10:20 PM PDT by chance33_98
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To: chance33_98

Destroy that DNA line! Yest some are born homosexual - but they do not procreate so that cuts down on their soiling the human race...

It is those that have CHOSEN to be homosexuals that are the most dangerous to our species. Those are the ones we must cull.


2 posted on 05/20/2004 6:18:08 PM PDT by steplock (http://www.gohotsprings.com)
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To: chance33_98

It would really help if they screened restaurant workers as well.

After what I've seen, I prepare my all my food with my own hands!


3 posted on 05/20/2004 6:23:36 PM PDT by Solamente
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To: chance33_98
"...the majority of nation's sperm banks have similar restrictions, citing concerns over AIDS as the primary reason."

But, but, but, AIDS isn't a gay disease. It affects everyone. Heterosexuals are at risk too, in fact, heteros will soon be infected at rates equal to gays. It's true; I read that about 15 years ago.

Logically, male homosexuals, as evidenced by their choice of partners, aren't interested in procreation. If they were they would find a female partner. So what would motivate them to try to make a deposit at the bank?

4 posted on 05/20/2004 6:24:15 PM PDT by yooper (If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
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To: yooper
So what would motivate them to try to make a deposit at the bank?

That is odd,you'd think they would be making withdrawls

5 posted on 05/20/2004 6:26:52 PM PDT by Redcoat LI
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To: steplock
It is those that have CHOSEN to be homosexuals that are the most dangerous to our species. Those are the ones we must cull.

AIDS is nature's way of culling biological deviants (note that it's rampant among heavy drug users too). Once people find a cure for it, nature will strike back with something even nastier.

6 posted on 05/20/2004 6:31:20 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: yooper
So what would motivate them to try to make a deposit at the bank?

The same thing that drives practically every aspect of their lives: complete and total narcissism.

From the dictionary:

narcissism (när´sî-sîz´em) noun
1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See synonyms at conceit.
2. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.

7 posted on 05/20/2004 6:36:24 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: yooper
Logically, male homosexuals, as evidenced by their choice of partners, aren't interested in procreation.

so every time you saw a cutie, and bumped uglies, you were hoping for a child?

I'm not a big fan of the whole gay "marriage" thing, nor do I think gays should adopt- but many of them apparently do want to play house, and raise a kid.

The Turks had a saying- "a wife for children, a boy for fun...but for sheer pleasure, a warm melon"

Pretty nasty from my viewpoint, but it suggests that even perverts might want offspring.

8 posted on 05/20/2004 6:38:09 PM PDT by fourdeuce82d
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To: chance33_98

bttt


9 posted on 05/20/2004 6:57:22 PM PDT by expatguy (Fallujah Delenda Est!!)
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To: fourdeuce82d
" Pretty nasty from my viewpoint, but it suggests that even perverts might want offspring."

Personally I dont think any of my parents could do any better than a homosexual pair. But what would make you classify all homosexuals are perverts?

10 posted on 05/20/2004 7:21:13 PM PDT by Lyset
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To: steplock

The ones we must cull? I don't particularly like the idea of homosexuality, but you are a full on psycho.


11 posted on 05/20/2004 7:23:05 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace (I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: fourdeuce82d
(Erm, Now Corrected)

" Pretty nasty from my viewpoint, but it suggests that even perverts might want offspring."

Personally I dont think any of my parents could do any better than a homosexual pair. But what would make you classify all homosexuals are perverts?
12 posted on 05/20/2004 7:23:15 PM PDT by Lyset
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace

lol That was the highlight of my day.


13 posted on 05/20/2004 7:26:23 PM PDT by Lyset
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To: little jeremiah; chance33_98
BTTT


What We Can Do To Help Defeat the "Gay" Agenda


Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Version 1.1)


Myth and Reality about Homosexuality--Sexual Orientation Section, Guide to Family Issues"

14 posted on 05/20/2004 9:00:51 PM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
I don't particularly like the idea of homosexuality, but you are a full on psycho

gee, I dunno, the Taliban used to squish them under rocks, maybe he has a point? /sarcasm

15 posted on 05/20/2004 9:07:55 PM PDT by fourdeuce82d
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To: Lyset
But what would make you classify all homosexuals are perverts?

I was encluding the turks in the aforementioned story. I think one guy wanting to hump another is...nasty, but okay, maybe it's not "perverse."

I think it's something between one guy and another guy...but it shouldn't involve government protection. Or, I guess, government harrassment.

Two polyamorous girls, however, should be required, dependant upon the aggreate pulchritude present during the perverse perversions performed, to videotape all perversions for proper perusement.

That is all. Out here.

16 posted on 05/20/2004 9:14:14 PM PDT by fourdeuce82d
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To: chance33_98
''It's one thing to base these rules on legitimate scientific concerns," Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force told the Times, saying he and his group strongly denounce the FDA's decision.

"But it's another to reinforce baseless stereotypes.''

By all means, trump your selfish wishes over the health of another human being.

17 posted on 05/21/2004 1:48:03 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (When anything goes, everything does.)
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