WASHINGTON, D.C., (LifeSiteNews) -- In order to prioritize the safety of innocents, the United States guards its medical blood supply. Anyone who has visited any country where s/he may have gotten infected with ebola, or malaria, or a host of other diseases, may not donate blood for twelve months. No one who has had syphilis, or gonorrhea, or other STDs – even if treated and now free of the disease – may donate blood for a year. The same ban prohibits anyone who has had sex with a prostitute, or used intravenous drugs. People with a tattoo, or a piercing, may not donate blood for twelve months. Even an accidental needle stick in a hospital, disqualifies a person from donating blood.
But now, those who engage in the one activity most at risk for HIV infection, are allowed to contribute their blood to the U.S. blood bank.
The Obama Food and Drug Administration overturned its 30-year ban on blood donations by homosexual men, allowing them, if they promise they have not had sex within a year, to contribute blood for medical transfusions.
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