On World Blood Donor Day, Euronews looks at the differences in blood donation policies across the European Union.
ShutterstockA growing number of EU countries have scrapped bans or deferral periods on blood donations from men who have sex with men after LGBTQI+ organisations criticised policies singling out people based on sexual orientation as discriminatory.
Some EU countries are now implementing deferral periods for risky sexual behaviour as part of their guidelines for blood donation instead of specific sex abstinence requirements based on the gender of a person’s partner.
But other countries continue to have deferral periods or outright bans on blood donations specifically for homosexual or bisexual men.
Read the full story here.
Source : Euronews
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