No. The criteria are science-based, and we are looking at what is identified as a risk factor. Exceptional distribution is a clause used for MSM--it's used for others. Organs from men who have had sex with other men are used in this country, but again we recognize that this is a higher risk factor.
We in this country allow patients to make their own decisions based on health and what they are willing to do, follow up on, etc. So it is not meant by any means to be that. We're using language within standards and regulations that has been used and has been practised since the mid-1990s. This was never identified as an issue before.
I think media attention stating that we have banned gay donors has been a factor in this. When we read the regulations, they do not ban homosexual men from donating organs.