Jehovah's Witness Announces New Adjustment to Blood Transfusion Policy
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The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Friday relaxed its rules on blood transfusions for the second time this year, allowing members of the church to receive blood derivatives. However, the controversial ban on blood transfusions, which is a hallmark of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, remains in effect.
The new directives allow the faithful to give their own blood and receive it.
The choice passes to the conscience of the faithful, but it remains the no to the whole blood.
Jehovah’s Witnesses changed their position on the medical use of blood components, in a change announced by the Governing Body, the highest authority of the religious organization. The new provision established that each believer must decide according to his own conscience whether to accept or reject red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma or...
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