Gay Sperm Donors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned about the health and safety of donor recipients. At least that's what FDA spokesman Eleanor Nicoll says about the FDA's ban on gay sperm donors unless they have been celibate for five years. A similar argument was used to justify banning gay blood donors in 1985.Even though the HIV transmission rate is higher among gay man, the FDA does not address the growing rate of HIV cases in heterosexual men. So, is the FDA ban on gay sperm (part of the FDA Eligibility Determination for Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products) based on discrimination or health and safety?

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