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The gay blood debate: balancing risks and rights

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A current review of the policy could see the deferral period reduced to SIX months but gay rights lobbyists argue that SIX months is still too long and continues to unfairly associate homosexual sex with risk.

In Australia, gay men can only donate blood if they abstain from sex for 12 months. This policy is currently under review. Gay rights groups have challenged the practice as discriminatory and a hangover from the 1980s AIDs epidemic.

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Monday, September 30 2013

Produced By Jordana Zonaras

Featured in storyKathy Bowlen - spokesperon for Australia’s Red Cross Blood ServiceRob Lake - spokesperon Australian Federation of AIDs OrganisationRodney Croom - Gay rights activistGary Nunn - Columnist and gay rights lobbyist

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The gay blood debate: balancing risks and rights

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