Posted on 06/18/2022 9:32:42 AM PDT by grundle
A 66-year-old male blood donor turned away from the clinic after refusing to answer a question about whether he was pregnant as part of a pre-donation questionnaire.
Male donor denied admission after he refused to tell if she was pregnant
For nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has transfused an impressive 125 pints of blood.
After complaining, he said the staff told him they couldn’t accept his blood donation.
For nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has transfused an impressive 125 pints of blood.
But his last trip was turned down after he refused to answer a question about whether he was pregnant or not.
Sinclair, 66, was ordered to fill out a form asking if he was expecting a baby or if he had been pregnant within the past six months.
When he complained that, as a man in his 60s, the question was inappropriate and that he should not answer it, Mr. Sinclair said the clinic staff told him that they could not accept his blood.
Leslie Sinclair, 66, was ordered to fill out a form asking if he was expecting a baby or if he had been pregnant within the past six months.
It emerged last night that all potential donors are being asked if they are pregnant to “promote inclusiveness” and because pregnancy “is not always visually clear.”
The standoff came as NHS England launched a campaign earlier this week to recruit another million blood donors over the next five years after numbers dwindled during the pandemic. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) launched a campaign earlier this month to find 16,000 new donors next year.
It emerged last night that all potential donors are being asked if they are pregnant to “promote inclusion” and because pregnancy “is not always visually clear.”
Angered by the refusal to take his blood, Mr. Sinclair left and last night spoke of his disappointment at the “meaningless” decision.
The father-of-two from Stirling in central Scotland said: “I am angry because I have been donating blood since I was 18 and I go with it regularly. I am very happy to do it without any problem.
“There is always a form to fill out and that’s fine – they tend to ask about health conditions or illnesses – and it’s clear that the blood has to be safe. This time there was a question I hadn’t seen before: “Are you pregnant or have you been in the last six months?” which required a yes or no answer.
“I indicated to the staff that I could not be in this position, but they told me that I must answer, otherwise I would not be able to donate blood.
“I told them that it was stupid and that if I had to leave I would not come back and that was it, I got on my bike and left.
“It makes no sense and makes me angry because there are vulnerable people who are waiting for blood, including children, and are in desperate need of help. But they were denied my blood because of the obligation to answer a question that cannot be answered.
Mr Sinclair said: “They were denied my blood because of an obligation to answer a question that cannot be answered.”
Mr Sinclair said his wife Margaret, 59, was also shocked, adding: “She just can’t figure it out either.” Pregnant women must wait six months after giving birth to donate blood. Mr. Sinclair, a former engineering company driver, went to the Albert Hall in Stirling on Wednesday to donate blood.
Last night Professor Mark Turner, Director of SNBTS, said: “We appreciate the support of everyone in our donor community and thank Mr. Sinclair for his commitment over the years. While the issue of pregnancy is only relevant for those whose biological or birth sex is female, the gender assigned at birth is not always visually clear to staff.
“As a public body, we are aware of changes in society in how such questions can be asked without discrimination and have a duty to promote inclusion – so all donors are now being asked the same questions.”
Clinic staff blind and stupid ?
“It emerged last night that all potential donors are being asked if they are pregnant to “promote inclusiveness” and because pregnancy “is not always visually clear.”
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I would have written “F*** No and I hope all woke wimps drink boiling acid.”
Mr Sinclair said: “They were denied my blood because of an obligation to answer a question that cannot be answered.”
The question can be answered and the answer is obvious. Just like its obvious the question should’ve never been asked.
Monty Python is more real than this current reality.
Woke is now a religion.
Either you believe in it, or you’re excluded and cancelled and a heretic.
How long was the list of different sexes or whatever the fools call it these insane days
We live in clown world
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I’d draw my junk...
If more guys would do the right thing and refuse to answer those questions then this crap would go away.
Should have asked him how long ago was his last menstrual cycle insead. /S
You can lay this stupidity at the feet of the U.S. Supreme Court. They didn’t start it, but they have voted to legalize stupidity.
Worse, the justices claim this was what the founders intended all along.
Some Wymyn can write their name in cursive, in snow, in yellow.....
I hope the U.S. isn’t the source of infecting the world with wokeness, but I can’t imagine who else started this.
When will the black-market for blood start ?
Yep. Putting people’s lives at risk over not hurting feelings of the mentally ill.
This is what happens to a person's cognitive skill if they attend more than two semesters at a liberal arts "college" ... after one semester if it's an "elite" liberal arts "college."
Couldn’t get past the name Leslie. He should have simply said that he is too old to be pregnant.
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