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\"IsraeliBy Ben Sales<\/p>\n

Israel has ended a restriction on blood donation that effectively prohibited gay men from donating blood.<\/p>\n

Until now, Israel had prohibited any man who had had same-sex relations over the past 12 months from giving blood. Now, the question\u2019s wording will be changed to asking whether prospective donors have had \u201chigh risk sexual relations with a new partner or partners\u201d during the past three months, according to the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The change follows similar ones in the United States last year and in the United Kingdom earlier this year. It was spearheaded by Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who is the first gay man in the position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no difference between blood and blood,\u201d Horowitz wrote on Facebook Thursday. \u201cDiscrimination against gay men in blood donation is over. It was a relic of a stereotype that belongs to history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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