Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted?

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[COLOR="Navy"]On the BBC 'News Health' online this morning the headline was 'Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted' The Royal College of Nursing have overwhelmingly voted in the lifting of the ban. The Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's largest HIV and sexual health charity, says the arguments must be about public health, not discrimination.
It states: "We believe any decision on the safety of the blood supply must be based on evidence and not on political lobbying or framing of it as purely an equalities issue."

I think those in monogamous loving relationships are no more at risk of Aids or passing it on than heterosexual couples. Who agree with the Terrence Higgins Trust we must never base any medical decision on political lobbying, but then we must never base any medical decision on prejudices either. [/COLOR]