Brussels, 17/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - By introducing a permanent ban on homosexual men donating blood, France has introduced hard-to-justify discrimination, argued European Court of Justice Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi on Thursday 17 July in case C-528/13.
French law permanently bans men who have been or who are in sexual relationships with other men from donating blood. Under EU Directive 2004/33/EC, such a permanent ban on blood donation from people exposed through their sexual habits...