The FDA's current restrictions on blood donations for gay and bisexual men, which LGBTQ advocates call 'outdated' and 'blatant discrimination', may soon change to a policy based on individual risk.
It is evaluating a donor questionnaire intended to assess the risk of a possible HIV or other infection. If the scientific evidence supports the use of the questions, men who have sex with men would be assessed on their own risk for HIV infection and not according to their last sexual contact, according to the study.
The FDA funded the study, which was conducted at community health centers in key locations across the United States by three of the country’s largest blood centers, Vitalant, OneBlood and the American Red Cross. The FDA said it was determining the next steps including when and how results of the study may be made public.
"Banning men from blood donation for at least a year since their most recent sexual encounter with a man is unscientific and based on outdated antibody-based HIV testing algorithms," it read.
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