Blood Donor NondiscriminationBill Number: AJR 13 This resolution would urge repeal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outdated and discriminatory rule prohibiting healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
Status: Fully passed. Introduced on April 2, 2009, referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Approved by the full Assembly on September 8, 2009, with a 41-28 vote. Passed the Senate Health Committee on June 9, 2010, with a vote of 5-0, and by the full Senate on August 25, 2010, in a 22-8 vote. Resolution adopted by the Legislature.
Author: Assembly Member Tom Ammiano
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The anti-LGBT right-wing is trying to kill EQCA's bill to repeal the California law that instructs health officials to conduct research into the "causes and cures of homosexuality." Why? Because they know that when people learn that sexual orientation is not a choice and cannot be changed they are much more likely to support full equality.
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