Don't ask, don't tell . . . and don't donate.
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1172/JCI43096 and PMC identifier 2860929.
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Abstract
Did you know that gay men can't donate blood, nor can they donate sperm anonymously to sperm banks? I applaud the 18 senators who have banded together to urge FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to revisit this issue, as current scientific data on infectious diseases does not lend credence to these policies.
Medical subject headings
- Blood Banks
- Blood Donors
- Homosexuality, Male
- Prejudice
- Sperm Banks