This saw backlash from conservative groups who called for Edward Brandt, the Assistant Security of Health, to be dismissed if he attended the award ceremony.
Dr. Benjamin Spindler, the Orange County Red Cross chapter medical director, cancelled the drive after seeing it in a newspaper and receiving a complaint.
[3] This decision was endorsed by the greater Los Angeles-Orange County region chapter head who claimed that the scheduling of the blood drive was a mistake made by an "inexperienced" employee.
Members of the group mostly cite President Ronald Reagan's eventual involvement in the AIDS crisis as the reason for the dissolution of the Blood Sisters.
The newly formed group attempted to work with the San Diego Human rights Commission to undercut the legal rejection of their drive, but their claim gained no ground.