Rejected petition Remove the outdated restrictions on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Blood plasma is needed for research.
However, men who have sex with men (MSM) are banned from donating blood by a blanket 3 month ban.

The ban is based on stigma and outdated information, and stops men from helping research and save lives.

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Earlier this month, GLADD released an open letter from 500 scientists and medical professionals directed to the FDA to remove their donation bans.
https://www.glaad.org/blog/open-letter-fda-medical-professionals

The rules are based on a stigma of the 1980s AIDS epidemic.
Times have changed since then. The UK has a relatively small number of HIV positive people and of that only 53% of that are MSM.(2017)
https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/western-central-europe-north-america/uk

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313693

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Date submitted 25 April 2020
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