Britain is lifting the ban on blood donations from gay men!
There is a caveat though: they can't have had sex with another man for the past year.
The U.K. health department said Thursday the change would be implemented in November after a new review found no evidence to support the ban.
The decision reverses a policy first adopted in the 1980s when officials feared AIDS could be spread in the blood supply.
Other countries including Australia, Japan, South Africa, Sweden and New Zealand also allow gay men to donate blood with similar conditions. In Canada and the U.S., however, gay men are still banned from donating blood.
Blood donations are a wonderful and necessary thing. There should be precautions in place with ANYONE, not just gay men. Shouldn't the blood shortage be more than enough reason (other than equality) to lift this ban everywhere??
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