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Warren demands US ends ban on blood donations from gay men
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 02, 2013 01:13pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Noah Bierman |
| News Date | Friday, August 2, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking the federal government to speed its review of the current ban on gay men donating blood.
Warren’s office said she and a core group of four other lawmakers co-wrote a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, signed by more than 80 colleagues, after a constituent from Roslindale complained to her that his blood had been rejected for donation after the Marathon bombings. Senator Edward Markey and Representatives Jim McGovern, John Tierney and Niki Tsongas of Massachusetts all signed on as well.
“For me, this has been a basic issue of fairness and of science. Blood donation policies should be grounded in science, not ugly and inaccurate stereotypes,” Warren said in a statement. |
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