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.”
Gender is NOT “assigned” at birth.
It is observed..
Compliant cultists are an epidemic.
They don’t do this in sane countries.
Looks like they my lose 16000 donors with the new policy rather than recruit 16k.
He shoulda just whipped out the old talleywhacker and said...”here is the answer to that question”. That would make it “visually apparent” to the assholes running the donation acceptance point.
John Money of New Zealand. He was one sick pervert.
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I had to look him up. Yes, he was a weirdo. I feel badly for Bruce Reimer. Doctors really failed him.
One lesson we should pass down is to keep an eye on those lunatics.
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And the Leftists. They have spread their ideology everywhere.
maybe just ask if he was constipated?
A National Health service cannot discern if a 66 year old Male is pregnant.
Remarkable
Has it not occurred to anyone to test the blood?
No, of course not...
I actually did LOL!
Surprisingly enough the testing is pretty extensive...at least where I am. Last year they rejected my donation after the fact. I got a letter stating hepatitis C was detected in my blood....WHAT??!!!
I even had my own independent blood test done to try to nail it down. Turns out it was a vitamin supplement called Biotin my wife had been feeding me for my hair and nails.....hair and nails, yeah THAT’S what a 62 year old dude is concerned with. LoL and SMH
I get your point though, diversity may very well be the thing that kills us all off one day....but no before I get off a few rounds with my AR.
Between him and Kinsey, who paid criminals to rape children and record their responses, the entire reality of our understanding of sex was torn apart and children were indoctrinated into this sick fantasy.
What they were doing was not actually secret, it was there for anyone to find even before the internet. But it was just ignored.
OR
I’m not sure.
Just got raped yesterday.
Anyone having doubts regarding the accuracy of my tagline need only read this and other stories like it!
How could he know he wasn’t pregnant? Maybe they should have tests available, just to be sure.
I’d draw my junk...
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LMAO! You mean draw as in draw it out of your drawers?
If more guys would do the right thing and refuse to answer those questions then this crap would go away.
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Here’s a rule I’ve lived by for over seven decades: ALWAYS question why a question is being asked, and whether there is some compelling reason in your interest to answer it. And of course the same rule applies to instructions addressed to you.
Well, my female doctor grabs my junk every year.
Hopefully she won’t ask such a stupid question of me…
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