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U.S. Weighs Lifting Ban on Gay Men as Blood Donors; Kentucky Could Still Prosecute

Jun 11th, 2010 | By Tony Begley, Contributor and Literary Editor | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News, Lead Story

Experts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are midway through two days of hearings on whether a decades-old ban on gay men donating blood should stand or be lifted. Many states criminalize gay men donating blood, so even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifts the federal ban, gay males in 37 states could still be prosecuted by the state they live in. Most states make gay men donating blood a felony, however, 3 states make it a misdemeanor offense. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is among the 37 states that prosecute.

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U.S. Senators Call for End to Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood

Mar 5th, 2010 | By Trevor Ashley, Contributor | Category: Lead Story, National News

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 17 U.S. senators in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to overturn a ban on gay men donating blood. Many states criminalize gay men donating blood. The senators said that while hospitals and emergency rooms are in urgent need of blood products, “healthy blood donors are turned away every day due to an antiquated policy and our blood supply is not necessarily any safer for it.”

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