Planned Parenthood staff in Roanoke, Virginia told the Live Action undercover agent who said he thinks he might have an STD to attempt to donate blood because he can get free testing. David Schmidt, the research director for Live Action, responded to the comments this way in a blog post on Monday.
“Today I called a couple blood donation centers and asked them if was good advice for people who think they might have STDs to donate blood. They said that it was very bad advice and that if people think they have an STD or other condition that they should address that condition before attempting to donate blood,” he said. ” I was also told that if one attempts to donate blood and is found to be ineligible through testing, they will only tell you that you are ineligible. They will not tell you the details of your positive result so that blood donation centers don’t get abused as disease testing centers.”
“It appears that they have had to put in policy to prevent the very thing that Planned Parenthood is encouraging. This direction from Planned Parenthood staff is making it harder for blood donation centers to collect good blood and save lives,’ Schmidt added. LifeNews
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