Submitted on Friday 19th June 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End the blood-donor discrimination against Gay and Bisexual Men.
Under current laws, Gay & Bisexual Men must abstain from sex for 3 months before being able to give blood - even those in monogamous long-term relationships. Straight Men and Women, however, enjoy no such restrictions. It is time this outmoded discrimination was brought to an end.
Gay & Bisexual men are blocked from giving much needed blood due to outdated reasoning stemming from the AIDS epidemic nearly 40 years ago.
Epidemiology and Virology has developed extensively since, and there is little reason to deny equal rights to these people - especially in the light of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The need for plasma is urgent and Gay & Bisexual Men's blood is being refused, even though it could help save lives. It is time for this to stop.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313693
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