if you don't know what our rights are, how can you know which ones are being "taken away"... and the prohibition on donating blood applies to all kinds of people (people with recent tattoos, people under a certain weight, people under a certain age, people with other underlying ailments, people with communicable diseases, etc.) READ THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, PLEASE! get a grip on your persecution complex, and try to live a happy life (even if you can't donate blood, boo-hoo) LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL