I didn't mean to suggest you wanted it banned. But I was aruging against your opinion that it was in bad taste.
It is no different that a vet with an amputated leg asking for more Vet assistance.
Or for a woman without the ability to have a child to argue for easier access to adoption or to use services like invitro.
If it bothers you so much it might be because you don't want to see the diseases affects.
Ivan