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France Accept Blood Donated By Gay Community:
France announced on Wednesday that it will no longer prevent gay men from donating blood, under the condition that they do not have sex in the preceding months.
Under
the new policy, men who intend to give what is known as "whole blood" —
platelets, plasma, and red blood cells — must abstain from sex with
another man for 12 months prior. The period is shortened to four months
if the man only gives plasma, blood's fluid component, AFP reported.
French
authorities imposed the ban in 1983 in an effort to prevent the spread
of AIDS in the country, after hundreds of people died when a national
blood transfusion center inadvertently distributed blood tainted with
HIV.
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