If the amendment is approved, a four-month rejection will instead be in place after the person has engaged in “risky sex”.
The current regulation allows for discrimination in blood donation based on sexual behaviour by instituting a lifetime ban on men who engage in sex with other men. Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Health, has submitted a draft for an amendment to the Regulation on the Collection, Treatment, Preservation and Distribution of Blood.
