EU court OKs lifetime ban on gay male blood donors

(ANSA) - Brussels, April 29 - The European Union Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that member nations may ban gay men from ever donating blood, under some conditions.
    "Permanently excluding men who have had homosexual relations from donating blood may...be justified," the Court wrote.
    "But (governments) must prove these individuals are at high risk of contracting severe infectious diseases such as HIV, and that there is no other method to protect blood recipients".