Submitted on Sunday 26th October 2014
Published on Monday 27th October 2014
Current status: Closed
Closed: Monday 30th March 2015
Signatures: 10
reduce/remove deferral for gay blood donations
All blood is tested before being given to a hospital patient.
HIV and AIDS is no longer a gay only disease. Heterosexual people who are promiscuous have a higher chance of being HIV positive than monogamous gay couple, for example.
Only 4% of adults currently donate blood, but most of us would happily take the blood of we needed if.
Why cut out a whole demographic of potential donors...
More lives could be saved. There is no evedence to support that a 12 month deferral makes much difference.
If blood is tested before it is given to a patient, does it matter who donated it? Only safe blood would be give to a patient in need.
The 12 month deferral needs to be scrapped.
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