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Democrats Introduce Legislation To End FDA’s Discriminatory Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood
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Democratic Reps. Val Demmings (Fla.) and Mike Quigley (Ill.) introduced legislation Friday that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise restrictions on LGBT people, specifically gay men, that prohibit them from donating blood.
The bill, named the Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020, would mandate the FDA revise its guidance on reducing the risk of HIV transmission by blood and blood products based on testing accuracy and an “individual risk-based analysis” instead of based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a press release.
Previously, the guidance recommended that men who had sex with men abstain from sex for a year before giving blood. But in March, the FDA loosened restrictions on
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