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France allows gay men to donate blood
Updated On: 05 November, 2015 06:51 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>The European nation scrapped its policy -- introduced in 1980 to prevent the spread of AIDS -- which prohibited homosexual men from donating blood</p>
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Two gay men hold a rainbow flag and the French national flag during an event in support of the gay community in Paris.
Paris: France will lift a ban on gay men donating blood, introduced in the 1980s to prevent the spread of AIDS but criticised by rights groups, the health minister said yesterday.
Two gay men hold a rainbow flag and the French national flag during an event in support of the gay community in Paris. Pic for representation/AFP
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