Articles about Blood Donation

13 April 2013
Canada: Parents start campaign to remove ‘high risk’ status for gay organ donors, after son’s death 9 A couple from Canada have started a petition to urge the government to change a federal law which classifies gay people as high-risk, when it comes to organ donation, following the death of their son.
6 August 2012
8,000 sign year-long petition against restrictions on gay blood donation 10 A petition calling for the government to lift the ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men, which it did partially last year by allowing donations from those who have not done so for a year, has attracted 8,000 signatures.
3 August 2012
Comment: The need to reform gay blood donation is as pressing as ever 22 Chris Ward led a campaign within the Liberal Democrats to end the ban on men who had had sex with men donating blood.
3 August 2012
Protest against Northern Irish gay blood donation ban 20 Calls for the Northern Irish Health Secretary to step down were voiced at an angry protest against the ban on gay blood donation in Londonderry.
8 July 2012
China lifts ban on lesbians donating blood 1 Lesbians in China can now legally give blood - although the ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men remains.
5 August 2011
Petition calls for end of gay blood donation ban 40 A petition has been set up on the government's new e-petitions website to call for the end of the blood donation ban for men who have had gay sex.
27 July 2011
US to look again at gay blood donation ban 2 The US Department of Health and Human Services is to look again at the lifetime blood donation ban for men who have had gay sex.
14 April 2011
Nurses back lifting of gay blood donation ban 7 The Royal College of Nursing says it will lobby for the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood to be lifted.
13 April 2011
Peter Tatchell: Ten-year gay blood ban is unjustified 40 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that replacing the blanket ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood with a ten-year ban is unjustified and most can safely become donors.
10 April 2011
Gay blood donation ban to be lifted for men who haven’t had sex for 10 years 357 The government is to lift the ban on gay men giving blood, ruling that a blanket ban is discriminatory and could be in breach of the Equality Act.

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