Male Blood Donor Turned Away after He Refused to Say if He Was Pregnant

A 66 year old man has been donating blood for over nearly 50 years. He received a new form to fill in that asked if he was pregnant. He refused to answer the question to make a point and the clinic turned him away. The clinic lost life saving blood from a long time donor. The NHS thanked him for his support and said that biological sex is not always visually clear and that they have a duty to promote inclusiveness. So I looked up Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and to my surprise their eligibility questionnaire a) does not ask if a person is male or female, and b) has a forced yes or no question for whether a person is pregnant with a picture of what appears to be a long haired lady breastfeeding.

Article is at:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10928505/Male-blood…

Questionnaire is at:
https://www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/eligibility/quiz

The comments appeared to be grouped into the following categories:

  1. Don't let a question on a form stop you from giving life saving blood.
  2. This is wokeness gone mad.
  3. I won't give blood after this.
  4. There should be a "not applicable" box.

My view is that the main mission of collecting blood is to save lives and it's not about promoting inclusiveness. They should be focused on science and not turning donors away. I think that a 'not applicable' box is a good catch all third option that can then trigger a human assessment before the person gives blood. In that way a human can with sensitivity assess if the person is biologically pregnant or not regardless of external gender appearance.

It will be terrible for a war over political correctness to deprive blood donations. Every drop is precious and given out of kindness.

What do you think?

PS: What if a person cannot be biologically pregnant but identifies as pregnant?

Comments

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  • I am a male, of similar age to the person in question.
    Had a scan the other day and there was the question- are you pregnant? Earlier in the form indicated I was male.

    The tracer going in for the scan is slightly radioactive, no big deal to me, but would likely cause profound harm to an unborn.

    Worth the effort to answer what to me is completely obvious to make sure for the radiologist.

  • +2

    I'm someone who always wanted my own biological children, but have significant fertility issues that mean my chance of getting pregnant is approacing 0% (with interventions, actually 0% without). If I can answer 'No' to this question on all of the forms I'm asked without crying, surely this guy could have this once?

  • On a brighter note, OzBargain team has made 24 donations so far this year. Membership still open!!!

  • Lesson of the day, lets just be nice and not be a smart ass.

  • -1

    What a disgusting thread.

    • -1

      You're a disgusting thread

      • I was born this way 🥺👉👈

  • this makes no sense - bureaucracy at its best

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