And now the FDA wants to use the same asinine rules for sperm donation as for blood donation

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Instead of testing donors to make sure they're not sick, they'd rather just exclude a huge swath of the population from donating.

Brilliant plan, guys. Really.

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I'd like to correct myself, I just checked the Red Cross web site, and I had the rules slightly off. I was eligible despite health problems, I would now be a big question mark. It'd likely depend on whether they were trying to convince people they should give blood or not. Sometimes people try to pressure you into it and wave away excuses, sometimes they feel cautious.

Also, apparently only male homosexual encounters count. Plus, having sex with a male who had a homosexual sex act only marks you as ineligible for 12 months. And having sex with someone who has been banging lots of male bisexuals isn't a problem at all, except that they are allowed to reject anyone during the interview stage.

But I was told that I was eligible to give blood shortly after September 11, when I asked about it. It was during the beginning of my mysterious illness phase and the full ramifications weren't understood yet. Personally, I think that's a good time to reject people, but I was found eligible. The only reason I didn't give blood is that they moved the blood drive to a different area where they thought they'd get more donors.