Red Cross ends blood donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men

The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person's sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday, CNBC reports.

The Red Cross is implementing new Food and Drug Administration screening guidelines that apply to all potential donors and are based on an individual risk assessment. The Red Cross provides about 40% of the country's blood supply.

Under the new FDA guidelines, men in monogamous sexual relationships with other men are eligible to donate as long as they meet other screening criteria.

The FDA in May lifted a nearly 40-year-old policy that had singled out gay and bisexual men as high-risk for the blood supply because of concerns about HIV transmission.

Gay rights groups and major medical associations had long opposed the policy as unnecessary, unsupported by current science and discriminatory./ CNA.al

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