Rejected petition End the 12 Month Deferral Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood

The discriminatory ban on homosexual men giving blood has no place in an equal society.

We, the undersigned, call on the Government to end the 12 month deferral ban on gay men donating blood, and replace it with an individual risk assessment based process for all blood donors.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106555

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Date submitted 24 August 2015
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