Blood Donation Safety and Equality ActCategory: Civil Rights| Strength: Mild
Lauding previous efforts by the World Assembly to both increase the efficiency of the blood donation process and increase the rights of minorities,
Recognizing that some restrictions exist upon certain minority groups, those of which are often not based in peer-reviewed science, and that beyond the obvious bigotry, they have a negative impact on the amount of blood that is able to be donated, meaning less people can receive the medical treatment that they may need, and that scientific developments have largely mitigated any risk that these restrictions may have once been based upon,
The General Assembly hereby enacts the following:
No restrictions may be placed upon the ability of a person to voluntarily donate blood based solely upon their race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reductive or arbitrary characteristic.
If the safety of the recipients of donated blood is the reason given for a restriction on blood donations, the standards of safety must be applied equally to all donors.
A person may be prohibited from donating blood if there are notable risks to the donor's health involved in the process of blood donation or their blood would pose a health risk to the recipient.
If a prospective blood donor knows or suspects that they are a carrier for a blood-borne illness they can be prohibited from donating blood, and it shall be considered a criminal offense to knowingly attempt to donate unsafe blood.
Existing scientific committees created by this body shall be utilized to share information related to blood-borne illnesses and blood donation across member states, as to mitigate any risk of contaminated blood.
Another proposal I've thought a bit about, not sure if it's something I'll seriously pursue, but thought I may as well post here in the case that I do want to move forward with it.
Here are the things that I specifically know I need help with:
1. I debated with myself between banning restrictions entirely or banning restrictions that imposed a time limit of over 3-4 months. I went with the total ban but am open to changing it.
2. Category / Area of Effect - no clue what this one would fall under, any help here would be appreciated.