The new questionnaire will focus on donors’ “sexual practices” rather than their “sexual orientation”, says Professor Salomon.įor example, donors will be asked whether they have had sex under the influence of drugs, paid sex, or sex with several people.
In 2020, this period was reduced to four months.įrom now on, they will simply have to answer a questionnaire in the same way as heterosexuals. Since 2016, men in same-sex relationships could only donate blood if they observed a one-year abstinence period. The decree was signed on Tuesday (11 January) to formalise the decision, which also comes within the framework of the bioethics law justifying the health minister’s “political will” to make blood donation possible for all.
Nous mettons fin à une inégalité qui n’était plus justifiée. Dès le 16 mars, tous les français, quelles que soient leurs orientations sexuelles, pourront donner leur sang !
