Allow gay and bisexual men to give blood as easily as all other healthy citizens

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I want Parliament to scrap the 2017 policy for gay men to abstain 3 months before a blood donation and make it the same as other healthy members of society. The policy purposely discriminates against a minority, it shouldn’t be in use.

In the 1980s gay men were banned from giving blood entirely. Then in 2011 there was a one year wait to donate blood and in 2017 the wait was reduced to 3 months.
There is no reason to discriminate again a minority, people who need blood can’t wait 3 months to finally recieve it. The pointless delay doesn’t even make sense, seeing as the blood is tested for any fluid transmitted diseases before it can be used.
Anyone can have an std, not just gay men.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Remove the criteria for men who have sex with men to wait before donating blood

Timeline

21 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Oct 2020

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