Organ donor rejected....

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...for being gay, of course.

First of all, let me state that I know, not believe or think, but I know this policy of gay men being unable to donate blood, plasma, or organs is just plain ignorant.

I understand the medical excuse provided, that gay men born after 1977 may have HIV. The fact of the matter is that the medical profession is treating their rejection as though only gay men contract HIV. The fact of the matter is that HIV is statistically higher in heterosexuals than homosexuals. The medical profession behaves as though heterosexuals do not have unprotected sex due to promiscuity.

The clear prejudice of gay men from the medical profession must stop.

A dead Pittsburgh man's healthy organs were not allowed to be donated because he was gay, it's claimed.

The family of Rohn Neugebauer, who died from a heart attack on Mar. 16, say Center for Organ Recovery and Education officials rejected his other organs and tissue because of his sexuality.

Sandy Schultheis, the 48-year-old's sister, claims that after he died she was asked a series of questions from a CORE representative.

All was going well until she revealed he was gay and had been in a committed relationship for eight years.

It was then that the CORE staffer revealed that he wouldn't be an eligible donor.

There is "no blanket prohibition on organ donations from sexually active gay men," according to ThinkProgress

However, guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that "men who have had sex with another man in the preceding 5 years" should be excluded from donation.

This, it adds, is "regardless of their HIV antibody test results."

Neugebauer's partner Dan Burda, who somewhat ironically had recently raised $7,000 during a CORE fundraiser, took to Facebook to complain about the decision.

"It really makes me nauseous to think they declined him. I think it's very prejudiced, implying that basically that gay people all have AIDS and HIV," he said.

The story was picked up and covered by local Pittsburgh NBC affiliate WPXI. However, the article was pulled down hours after publication.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.1740175