BREAKING: Alberta introduces legislation to ban donating blood, plasma for profit

Posted on: March 13th, 2017 by webmaster

The changes are included in the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, introduced Monday in the legislature by Health Minister Sarah Hoffman.

“Donating blood should not be viewed as a business venture, but as a public resource that saves lives every day,” said Hoffman.

She said Bill 3 will protect Alberta’s voluntary blood donation system by preventing private-for profit companies that pay donors from setting up in the province.

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