Tallahassee.comFor gay men, blood donation regulations a gray areaTallahassee.comMatt Dauphin and Laurel Lathrop wanted to join the long lines forming around local blood banks following the June 12 mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Like the …
If You Want to Make Sure Your Family Knows You’re an Organ Donor, Put It on Facebook – Slate Magazine
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If You Want to Make Sure Your Family Knows You’re an Organ Donor, Put It on Facebook
Slate Magazine “Because we had discussed this issue before, the decision to donate her organs and tissues for transplantation was simple,” Moritsugu said at a White House summit on organ donation in June. Things were murkier when his daughter died not long after. |
Is it ethical to purchase human organs? – The Guardian
The GuardianIs it ethical to purchase human organs?The GuardianPeople with end-stage kidney disease who receive a transplant tend to live much longer than those who undergo dialysis. A kidney from a living donor will last from 12 to 20 years, on averag…
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Hillary group takes $200K in banned donations – The Hill
The HillEXCLUSIVE: Pro-Hillary group takes $200K in banned donationsThe HillThe donations from Suffolk highlight how a 70-year-old campaign finance law meant to prevent pay-to-play deals between public officials and companies making money from the gove…
Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rules – Fox 35 Orlando
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Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rules
Fox 35 Orlando “We can’t say that we have first-class citizens and second-class citizens,” Grayson said. “We can’t say some people can give blood and other people can’t based upon their sexual orientation or anything like that. That experience illuminated for all of … Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay menSTLtoday.com Canada’s limitations on gay blood donations ‘ridiculous’: HIV researchersGlobalnews.ca Members of Congress Join Advocates in Pressuring FDA to Change Blood Donation RulesTheBody.com Baltimore Sun (blog) –CNN –Blouin News Blogs (blog) all 47 news articles » |
Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay men – STLtoday.com
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Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay men
STLtoday.com “I think it’s important for people to understand that blood donation is not a right,” said Dr. Ronald Jackups, assistant professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University and director of the blood bank at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. “We … Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rulesFox 35 Orlando Members of Congress Join Advocates in Pressuring FDA to Change Blood Donation RulesTheBody.com New push for lift of gay men blood donation banBlouin News Blogs (blog) PerfScience –Christian Post –Pulse Headlines all 47 news articles » |
Letters: It’s never been easier (or more vital) to donate blood – The Advocate
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Letters: It’s never been easier (or more vital) to donate blood
The Advocate But donating blood (or bone marrow/blood stem cell tissue through “Be the Match” or organs/tissue through LOPA), is a completely unnatural human act and typically requires some courage, education and coaxing. Awareness usually does not come until it is … |
Dysfunction in organ donation – Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphDysfunction in organ donationCalcutta TelegraphIn Tamil Nadu, where the cadaver transplantation programme started in October 2008, around 2,550 major organ transplants had been carried out until May this year, an official said. The li…
Red tape, coordination woes ail organ donation in state – Times of India
Red tape, coordination woes ail organ donation in stateTimes of IndiaKolkata: Lack of government initiative and poor coordination have frustrated individual efforts to promote a culture of organ donation in the state. Thus when a rare request comes thr…
George Takei Commends Changes To Canada’s Gay Blood Donation Policy – Huffington Post Canada
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George Takei Commends Changes To Canada’s Gay Blood Donation Policy
Huffington Post Canada In addition to his LGBTQ rights community work, the “Star Trek” actor has previously rallied against the U.S.’s lifetime ban on gay blood donation, which was shortened in 2015 to its current one-year period of abstinence for men who have sex with men. |