Entry #25: Blood donations by MSMs in United States

Current Version

Region	United States
Issue	Blood donations by MSMs
Status	Banned (indefinite deferral)
Start Date	1983
End Date	Dec 21, 2015
Description	Though the deferral impacts all MSMs who have had sex with a man since 1977, the policy did not go into effect until 1983. The policy applied retroactively to 1977.
Sources	http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm

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Revision History (4)

Dec 22, 2015

edited by vviet93

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
End Date	Dec 23, 2014	Dec 21, 2015

Dec 24, 2014

edited by vviet93

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	(NONE)	Dec 23, 2014

Mar 27, 2014

edited by imullin01

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Start Date	Jan 1, 1977	1983
Description		Though the deferral impacts all MSMs who have had sex with a man since 1977, the policy did not go into effect until 1983. The policy applied retroactively to 1977.
Description	Show Difference Though the deferral impacts all MSMs who have had sex with a man since 1977, the policy did not go into effect until 1983. The policy applied retroactively to 1977.
Sources	http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm	http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm
Sources	Show Difference http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm

Aug 18, 2013

created by brennen

	Original entry
Status	Banned (indefinite deferral)
Start Date	Jan 1, 1977
End Date	now
Description	(empty)
Sources	http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm

Reports (1)
Date is incorrect "The FDA policy impacts men who have had sex with another man since 1977, but the policy has only existed since 1983. The date should be changed to reflect the time frame where this policy has been acted out. http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/QuestionsaboutBlood/ucm108186.htm"
Feb 2, 2014