FDA chang gay men blood donatn guil

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• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N DONATE BLOOD UNR NEW FDA POLICY
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD NOW: SENATORS

GAY, BISEXUAL MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N DONATE BLOOD UNR NEW FDA POLICY

Edor's note: This story was updated wh rmatn om the FDA to clarify guidance to terme blood-donor regulators on Thursday falized a long-awaed plan that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood, potentially expandg the number of eligible donors the U. "This new policy ends a s-old ban rooted discrimatn and bias, " Human Rights Campaign print Kelley Robson said a Thursday prs release appldg the the new guil, gay and bisexual men monogamo relatnships will not need to absta om sex prr to givg blood.

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GAY, BISEXUAL MEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD NOW: SENATORS

"This updated policy is based on the bt available scientific evince and is le wh polici place untri like the Uned Kgdom and Canada, " the FDA said a Thursday prs policy also elimat screeng qutns specific to women who have sex wh bisexual men or gay men, the agency rights groups long opposed rtrictns on gay, bisexual menAlmost a ago, the FDA had rtrictns place requirg gay and bisexual men to absta om sex for one year before they uld the time, the Human Rights Campaign said the policy ntued "to stigmatize gay and bisexual men. "We are mted to workg towards an eventual oute that both mimiz risk to the blood supply and treats gay and bisexual men wh the rpect they serve, " HRC ernment affairs director David Stacy FDA first banned men who have sex wh men om donatg blood 1983 as the HIV/AIDS crisis unfold. ACROSS AMERICA — The Food and Dg Admistratn is unr mountg prsure amid a historic blood shortage to end a longstandg le that requir abstence om gay or bisexual men before they give Amerin Red Cross earlier this week said is the midst of a "natnal blood crisis, " and asked Amerins to roll up their sleev and give blood to replenish the blood rerve, which ually matas a five-day supply, but currently has a ls than one-day supply.

" In October, Israel lifted all rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men, and last month, Canada's blood regulatory agency proposed removg all screeng qutns foced on genr and sexualy. A pt of blood n save three liv, acrdg to the Red FDA outright banned gay and bisexual men om donatg blood 1983 the early days of the HIV/AIDS epimic, then 2015 amend the policy to allow them to donate blood after abstag om sex for a year.

However, women who have recently had sex wh a gay or bisexual man may be ferred.