ACLU: FDA Fails to Adequately Address Discriminatory Blood Donation Ban

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a change in the current lifetime ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The proposal would replace the lifetime ban with a one-year deferral, which would only permit gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they have not had sex with another man in the past year.  The proposal would treat all sexual…