Peter Sprigg testifies before the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability
by Carrie Russell
June 11, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 11 Family Research Council Senior Fellow Peter Sprigg
testifies before the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA), urging the committee to maintain the current policy which permanently defers men who have had sex with men since 1977 as blood donors.
Read the entire written testimony here.
The ACBSA voted 9-6 against lifting the ban. For more, read today’s Washington Update and FRC’s Press Release.
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Comments
Peter Sprigg is an unrepentant homophobic ranting, religious right bigot. He should have no place at the table of secular disussions in the public arena on public policy.
From a scientific standpoint, Sprigg is offbase. HIV can be detected as soon as 2 weeks after infection. In all but the rarest cases, it is detected within 6 months. What is the point of banning everyone gay male from donating blood other than to further stigmatize them?
Keep in mind that there is a high rate of infection among African-Americans (gay or not). Should we ban them from donating?
By: Stacy L. Harp | June 12, 2010 at 3:54 pm
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