sentences:  As of December 2019, the Storting is considering a ban on conversion therapy.In Norway, as in many other countries, men who have sex with men (MSM) were previously not allowed to donate blood.In June 2016, the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs announced it would make an end to this ban, and implement a 12-month deferral period instead, whereby MSM applicants would be permitted to donate provided they have not had sex in a year.