Northern Ireland minister under fire over ban on gay men giving blood

Edwin Poots says ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood stays in place, despite it being lifted in rest of UK. Northern Ireland’s health minister has been accused of “irrational prejudice” over his refusal to lift the ban on gay men giving blood in the province. Read more'Timebomb' of Britons unaware they have HIVDemocratic

Edwin Poots says ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood stays in place, despite it being lifted in rest of UK.

Northern Ireland’s health minister has been accused of “irrational prejudice” over his refusal to lift the ban on gay men giving blood in the province.

Democratic Unionist minister Edwin Poots has told the Stormont assembly that the current position in Northern Ireland “should not be altered”, even though the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood has been lifted in the rest of the UK, Guardian reports.