France lifts ban on gay men as blood donors

France is lifting its ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood, the French health minister announced Wednesday. "Giving blood is an act of generosity, of citizenship, which cannot be conditioned to sexual orientation. While respecting complete patient safety, today we are ending a taboo and discrimination," the minister, Marisol Touraine, said in a speech.
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