Scotland: “MSPs examine gay blood ban”

The Christian Institute reports:

A committee of the Scottish Parliament will next week consider a petition from homosexual activists calling for a review of health safeguards on giving blood.

Under current guidelines, a man cannot donate blood if he has ever had oral or anal sex with another man (even if he used a condom). This is because of the serious health risks associated with homosexual activity.

But some homosexual campaigners want the exclusion taken away – a move that would “result in a fivefold increase in the risk of HIV-infected blood entering the blood supply” according to the National Blood Service . . .