24Dec/14

New Blood Donation Rules Would Still Exclude Many Gay Men – NewsOK.com


Youth Health Magzine

New Blood Donation Rules Would Still Exclude Many Gay Men
NewsOK.com
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration recommended a change in the discriminatory and unscientific policy that effectively prohibited men who have sex with men from donating blood for life. Those guidelines kept any man who had sex with another …
Blood Donation Ban Is Only The First Barrier To Medical Equality For Gay MenHuffington Post
Dem senator: End blood donation rules based on ‘outdated fears’The Hill (blog)
Gay advocates in North Jersey react to revised blood-donation ruleNorthJersey.com
News 13 Orlando –KITV Honolulu
all 161 news articles »
24Dec/14

Why Bioethics Should “Fail” – Discovery Institute


Discovery Institute

Why Bioethics Should “Fail”
Discovery Institute
We also know that, despite its claim to high regard for autonomy, as an essentially utilitarian enterprise — whether explicitly or in outcomes — the field would eventually include coercion. Thus, Savulescu believes the state should require organ
Why Bioethics Should “Fail”National Review Online (blog)

all 3 news articles »

24Dec/14

Johnstown woman grateful for gift of organ donation – The Newark Advocate

Johnstown woman grateful for gift of organ donation
The Newark Advocate
But most of all, she wants to share her experiences with others to promote organ donation. “I just want to get better so I can help,” she said. She recently wrote a letter to the family of her organ donor. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster. I got

24Dec/14

A Kidney for Christmas: Pottstown Woman Receives Organ from Philadelphia … – PA home page


PA home page

A Kidney for Christmas: Pottstown Woman Receives Organ from Philadelphia
PA home page
“Living kidney donation is an ideal solution to the inadequate supply of deceased donor organs. The progress in small incision technology and advances in antirejection medications enable transplant programs and living donors—both related and not to

24Dec/14

Dem senator: End blood donation rules based on ‘outdated fears’ – The Hill (blog)

Dem senator: End blood donation rules based on ‘outdated fears’
The Hill (blog)
“It is long past time that our blood donation rules are updated to reflect science, rather than outdated fears,” Coons said Tuesday. “For more than 30 years, gay and bisexual men have been banned from giving blood simply because of whom they love.”.