‘COVID-19 May Help Lift FDA Policy on Gay Blood Donors’

Thursday, April 23, 2020, By News Staff

Doron Dorfman

Doron Dorfman is an associate professor of law in the College of Law.

In an op-ed piece for Law 360, Dorfman writes that the coronavirus might be the catalyst for lifting an outdated and controversial health law policy: the FDA’s ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.

To read Dorfman’s opinion piece in its entirety, visit the Law 360 website.

Syracuse University media relations team members work regularly with the campus community to secure placements of op-eds. Anyone interested in writing an op-ed should first review the University’s op-ed guidelines and email media@syr.edu.

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