Human Rights Campaign More Concerned About Their Reputation then Your Health

The Federal Drug Administration  just relaxed some rules for gay and bisexual men to give blood. The FDA considered eliminating all restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but concluded that would increase the transmission of HIV through the blood supply by 400 percent.  The FDA  settled  to lift a ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men but major restrictions will continue to limit who can donate. The new policy bars donations from men who have had sex with a man in the previous year.

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The Human Rights Campaign, however, says:

• "It continues to stigmatize gay and bisexual men," said David Stacy, of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. gay rights group. "It simply cannot be justified in light of current scientific research and updated blood screening technology. [Associated Press]
  
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So they would rather risk your life just to protect them form being "stigmatized."  If you need blood, do you want to have to have it be a gamble?

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