Are The Sex Rules That Determine Who Can Donate Blood Precautionary or Discriminatory?

The victim of a car accident can require as many as 100 pints of blood--that's blood from 100 generous donors across the country, meticulously matched for blood type and screened for diseases. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed daily in the U.S., but only 38 percent of Americans are eligible to donate blood, and of those, only 8 percent actually do. [More] United States - Health - Blood type - Medicine - Medical Specialties

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