FDA (Food and Drug Administration) asked blood donor clinics not to accept the blood donations from gay men. Gay men remain banned for life from donating blood to reduce the spread of HIV via transfusions.
According to FDA — this policy will definitely help in preventing the spread of HIV caused due to blood donations. This will also help in lowering a person’s risk of getting various other diseases like hepatitis B and many other infections that can be caused by transfusion.
According to this policy any man involved in sex with another man or multiple partners were banned from donating blood.
Red cross and other agencies met FDA personals due to lack of blood donations and requested them to change the policy to allow for a 12 month deferral following MSM. But FDA declined their proposal saying that there were not sufficient proofs showing that men who had sex with men were 100% safe of disease within that time period.
Many people protested against this policy of FDA. This policy is permanently removing the gay men from the map of the world.
FDA website states that:
Scientific evidence has not yet been provided to FDA that shows that blood donated by MSM or a subgroup of these potential donors, is as safe as blood from currently accepted donors.
Before donating blood, the donors are asked a question that if they have had sex with another man since 1977. And those donors who replied — ‘yes they have’ were banned from donating the blood. The FDA said those donors are at greater risk of getting infected by HIV which is transmitted to others by blood transfusion.
