RE: [100% veg*n ] Taking a stand against doctors

[Guest guest]

Hey Lesley,

Please tell me there's nothing unvegan about giving blood. What's in that

iron measuring mixture? Do they do any tests on the blood involving

animals? Or does the good of giving blood outweigh these potential

problems?

 

RM

 

> I am fairly strict, I'm even trying to ensure no non-vegan blood

> tests are done on me in pregnancy! Some animal products are used in

> lab testing (chick blood for rubella antibody testing for instance)

> and I am insisting that the doc or midwife finds out which tests

are

> vegan if any, before they are allowed to get their hands on my

blood

[Guest guest]

vegan-network, " Mccartney, Rowan (R.N.) " <rmccar14@v...>

wrote:

> Hey Lesley,

> Please tell me there's nothing unvegan about giving blood. What's

in that

> iron measuring mixture? Do they do any tests on the blood involving

> animals? Or does the good of giving blood outweigh these potential

> problems?

>

> RM

 

I don't know yet, even if the good done outweighs the bad, we should

still complain loudly and keep lobbying for cruelty-free methods if

all that turns out non-vegan. I am trying to find out more,

specifically about the blood tests done in pregnancy. Most of them I

am confident I don't need anyway, but I have a dilemma on one or two

if there is no vegan way of testing (I have Rh Neg blood group). I

just emailed Zoue Lloyd-Wright this morning to ask if she can help

with information on testing methods. As you probably know, she has

ensured a vegan method is being used for the B12 study, even though

it costs more than the usual B12 testing method. I believe you are on

her study, so is my husband, and I reckoned she was the person to

know or would know someone who could advise.

I shall report back to Vegan-network if she tells me anything helpful.

 

Lesley