https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2020/06/30/argentina-lawmaker-floats-obligatory-plasma-donations-coronavirus-survivors/
>A lawmaker in Buenos Aires province, Argentina – where the nation’s capital is located – presented a bill on Monday that would require individuals to opt out of donating blood plasma if they are diagnosed with Chinese coronavirus and survive the infection.
>The details of the law, introduced by state deputy Daniel Lipovetzky, appear to be less severe than his initial proposal on Twitter, where he announced this weekend he would present a law to make plasma donations “obligatory” – prompting a wave of outrage from users fearing that the state would usurp their bodily autonomy.
>“This Monday I will present a bill in the provincial Chamber of Deputies [Buenos Aires state legislature], which I just finished drafting, establishing, during the emergency, the mandatory nature of at least one plasma donation from people who have recovered over 18 and under 60 years old.”
>According to the Argentine outlet Infobae, Lipovetzky later added that mandatory plasma donations “are a moral commitment to surpass ten percent donations as we currently have in Buenos Aires province.”
>Infobae noted other outraged conservatives responding to the measure asking, “aren’t you guys the ‘my body, my choice’ people?” apparently in reference to support for abortion.
>The actual bill Lipovetzky presented to the state legislature did not include any provisions to mandate blood donations, perhaps a response to the outrage the lawmaker’s initial remarks caused. Instead, his law would mirror provisions in place on organ donation: if a patient does not opt out of plasma donation, they will be listed as donors if they become sick and recover from the Chinese coronavirus.
>A lawmaker in Buenos Aires province, Argentina – where the nation’s capital is located – presented a bill on Monday that would require individuals to opt out of donating blood plasma if they are diagnosed with Chinese coronavirus and survive the infection.
>The details of the law, introduced by state deputy Daniel Lipovetzky, appear to be less severe than his initial proposal on Twitter, where he announced this weekend he would present a law to make plasma donations “obligatory” – prompting a wave of outrage from users fearing that the state would usurp their bodily autonomy.
>“This Monday I will present a bill in the provincial Chamber of Deputies [Buenos Aires state legislature], which I just finished drafting, establishing, during the emergency, the mandatory nature of at least one plasma donation from people who have recovered over 18 and under 60 years old.”
>According to the Argentine outlet Infobae, Lipovetzky later added that mandatory plasma donations “are a moral commitment to surpass ten percent donations as we currently have in Buenos Aires province.”
>Infobae noted other outraged conservatives responding to the measure asking, “aren’t you guys the ‘my body, my choice’ people?” apparently in reference to support for abortion.
>The actual bill Lipovetzky presented to the state legislature did not include any provisions to mandate blood donations, perhaps a response to the outrage the lawmaker’s initial remarks caused. Instead, his law would mirror provisions in place on organ donation: if a patient does not opt out of plasma donation, they will be listed as donors if they become sick and recover from the Chinese coronavirus.
