Under the Blood Regulations, Canadian Blood Services is required to make submissions to Health Canada for any process changes. "Under the new screening approach, Canadian Blood Services will introduce a sexual behaviour-based donor-screening questionnaire that will apply to all donors of blood and plasma."ĬBS had asked Health Canada in December to effectively lift the ban on gay men, arguing in favour of a screening system that screens donors of all genders and sexual orientations based on their individual histories and behaviours. "Today, Health Canada authorized a submission from Canadian Blood Services to eliminate the current three-month blanket donor deferral period for all sexually active men who have sex with men, and instead screen all donors, regardless of gender or sexuality, for high-risk sexual behaviours," reads today's release. Today is an important day ?️? #LGBTQIA While progress has been made over the years, many Canadians remain unsettled by the fact that any such ban still exists in 2022 - and for now, it does still exist.Ĭanadian Blood Services (CBS) says that it expects to implement its new, less-homophobic donor screening approach by September 30, 2022. "Over the past decade, Health Canada has authorized several changes to the donor deferral period for men who have sex with men, from a lifetime restriction to five years in 2013, to one year in 2016 and to three months in 2019." "Today's authorization is a significant milestone toward a more inclusive blood donation system nationwide, and builds on progress in scientific evidence made in recent years," wrote the federal health agency in a news release Thursday morning. Keep up to date with HIV and STI information data and other relevant reports available from and what amounts to an historic victory for both human rights and individuals who need emergency transfusions, Health Canada has at long last approved the elimination of a blanket ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men.
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