Document Type

Article

Meeting discusses issues surrounding Red Cross affiliation

Authors

Melanie Morin, University of Maine

Publication Title

The Maine Campus

Publication Date

9-29-2005

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Issue Number

5

Volume Number

124

Abstract/ Summary

A General Student Senate resolution passed last April that encourages student organizations not to associate with the American Red Cross because of accusations of gay discrimination which have caused concern over campus blood drives. The controversy stems from a Food and Drug Administration policy originating in 1983. The policy prohibits all men who have ever had sex with any other man since 1977 from donating blood. Since this time, ·technology has reduced the risk of contracting HIV through blood donations to about one unit per two million donations, according to the Red Cross Web site.

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Identifier

Social Justice_Maine_Campus_vol_124_no_5_p1-6-2005-09-29

Repository Citation

Morin, Melanie, "Meeting discusses issues surrounding Red Cross affiliation" (2005). Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. 356.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/356

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