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Marion Kilgour: Blood supply versus Charter rights

Kyle Freeman is gay, and donated blood regularly. To get past the screening process, he lied in response to the question "Have you ever had sex with a man, even once, since 1977?" An affirmative answer results in an indefinite ban from blood donation. Full Article at National Post

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