Rejected petition Allow actively gay men and women to have the right to give blood donations.

Gay men and women cant currently donate blood.

I ask why is this? And challange it.

When a person gives blood to save another it is a selfless act of kindness, which gay men and women should also have the right to do. When giving blood, the blood gets tested to strict guidelines.

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France have recently ammended the guidelines for giving blood allowing gay men and women in France to donate blood. Why cant we do the same? This saves lifes.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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This petition relates to the ban on gay men giving blood:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106707

There are no specific restrictions on gay women giving blood:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Blood-donation/Pages/Who-can-use-it.aspx

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Date submitted 14 November 2015
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