Question 10895 — human blood and organs

Summary

Mrs. Sophie Auconie draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the question of the condition of the year of abstinence imposed on homosexual males to enable them to donate their blood. Since a decree of April 5, 2016, men who have sexual relations with other men can donate blood, which was not the case previously, but on the condition that they have not had sexual relations during the past year, in order to limit the risk of contamination by the AIDS virus. Ms. Marisol Touraine, former Minister of Social Affairs and Health, recalled at the end of 2015 that one-year abstinence for a donation was only a step and that the goal was to erase the condition of sexuality as a discriminating criterion. The principle of equality, essential in the French legal system, continues to be here unknown. In practice, in 2018, homosexuals still cannot donate blood. However, the end of this ban would make it possible to have more than 20,000 additional donors, especially since the French Blood Establishment regularly calls for donations due to the existing shortage. She therefore asks her if she plans to really open up blood donation to everyone.

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