That the Parliament acknowledges that, in 2011, the law regarding men who have sex with men being allowed to donate blood changed from a lifetime ban to a 12-month temporary deferral, subject to sexual abstinence; notes the view that, in the name of equality, Scotland needs to go further to ensure that all people can donate blood and that they should not be assessed on their sexual orientation, with the introduction of new non-discriminatory risk assessment in line with organ, stem cell and bone marrow donations, and believes that this would increase the number of much-needed donors in Strathkelvin and Bearsden and nationally.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Tom Arthur, Jackie Baillie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Bruce Crawford, Ruth Davidson, Bob Doris, James Dornan, Kezia Dugdale, Linda Fabiani, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Jenny Gilruth, Christine Grahame, Iain Gray, Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie, Clare Haughey, Daniel Johnson, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Ivan McKee, Christina McKelvie, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Ash Regan, Colin Smyth, Ross Thomson, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Sandra White, Andy Wightman