Israel to remove blood donation restrictions for gay men

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during a visit to Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer in Ramat Gan on August 3, 2021. (Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced Thursday morning that all restrictions on blood donations from homosexual men will be lifted.

“The discrimination against gay men donating blood is over,” Horowitz tweeted. “When I became minister, I ordered the removal of the…