After 40 years, the American Red Cross announced that it lifts the restriction on donating blood to homosexuals and bisexuals, regardless of their sexual orientation and all volunteers will answer the same questions.
“The Red Cross celebrates this historic step as significant progress and remains committed to an inclusive blood donation process that treats all potential donors with equality and respect,” the Red Cross said.
This was possible thanks to the updated guidelines of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the aim of expanding the number of people who can donate.
Among the questions potential donors will have to answer is whether they have had new or multiple sexual partners in the last three months.
If the answer is affirmative, the Red Cross will ask them if they have had anal sex during this time and, depending on the answer, the donation process will continue, since this type of relationship has a greater risk of contagion of a sexually transmitted disease. .
Homosexuals can now donate blood in the United States
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2023-08-08 18:09:05
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