Allow Gay and Bisexual Men to Donate Blood Freely

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We, the undersigned, believe that men who have had sexual relations with men should be allowed to freely donate their blood, subject to the non-discriminatory standards set out to protect donors. This would mean the abolishment of the baseless requirement for 3-months of abstinence.

Currently, gay and bisexual men are only able to donate blood if they have abstained from oral and anal sex for at least 3 months- even if condoms and/or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) were used in either circumstance.
All donated blood is rigorously tested, and therefore there is no obvious rationale for this outdated restriction.
This restriction also affects women who have had sex with men who have sex with men, further reducing the donor pool.

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

13 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Oct 2020

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