LGBT: FDA set to implement new rules rejecting gay men as anonymous sperm donors
"To the dismay of gay rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor. The FDA has rejected calls to scrap the provision, insisting that gay men collectively pose a higher-than-average risk of carrying the AIDS virus. "
I find this particularly interesting since the FDA currently bans ALL donations by gay men, not just anonymous ones for blood, tissue, and marrow. The "anonymous-only" ban makes me wonder if this is an attempt to curtail the birth of potentially gay children by making sure sperm recipients know what they're getting into.
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The portion of this article that is most telling to me:
"Under these rules, a heterosexual man who had unprotected sex with HIV-positive prostitutes would be OK as a donor one year later, but a gay man in a monogamous, safe-sex relationship is not OK unless he's been celibate for five years."
Eugenics much? Hard to argue otherwise.
So, are they finally willing to admit that homosexuality might be controlled by genes? Or are they just afraid that the mother will catch it?
-James
But there's no proof gay parents have gay kids - both of mine are straight (as were both of my parents) so that doesn't make sense. Of course the whole policy doesn't make senss, so you may be correct.
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