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Watchtower Society has officially
notified its members (see diagram
from 6-15-04
Watchtower) that they may now use hemoglobin (red cells
without the membrane) - the largest of all blood components which
transports oxygen throughout the body. We welcome these
developments.
News Release - Surviving Sextuplets in Vancouver B.C. (pdf Download) Jehovah's
Witnesses, Blood Transfusions, and the Tort of Misrepresentation Review
of the The Watchtower Society (and some Jehovah's Witnesses) insist there is no change in policy - compare the published statements and documents below: Watchtower Blood policy in 1961: “If you have reason to believe that a certain product contains blood or a blood fraction…if the label says that certain tablets contain hemoglobin…this is from blood...a Christian knows, without asking, that he should avoid such a preparation. - The Watchtower 11/01/1961, p. 669 Is it wrong to sustain life by administering a transfusion of blood or plasma or red cells or others of the component parts of the blood? Yes!...the prohibition includes "any blood at all." - Blood, Medicine and the Law of God, 1961, pp. 13, 14  Watchtower Blood policy in 2006: "...when it comes to fractions of any of the primary components, each Christian, after careful and prayerful meditation, must conscientiously decide for himself." The Watchtower 2000; June 15:29-31 See also Watchtower Advance Directive, page 11, 1.3(b)  Change from 1961 or no change? AJWRB has documented numerous changes in the Watchtower's blood policy over the years. If you are a Jehovah's Witness and want additional confirmation of these facts, you should ask an elder who is an HLC member or phone the WT Society (718) 560-5000. Don't permit your loved one to die unnecessarily. If you find the Watcthower's
position difficult to make sense of, you are not alone. To learn more,
read, "Why some Jehovah's Witnesses
accept blood and conscientiously reject official Watchtower Society
blood policy" by Lee Elder (Journal of Medical Ethics) - To read
click here
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Awake! - May 22, 1994, p.2 (Official Jehovah's Witness publication) These JW kids died prematurely - do you know why? |
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| Watchtower
policy permits the transfusion of cow's blood? True or False - see answer
Watchtower Society approves Hemopure for Jehovah's Witnesses In a truly remarkable development, the Watchtower Society has ruled that a new oxygen carrying solution made from cow's blood can be used by (JWs) Jehovah's Witnesses. This despite the Watchtower Society's purported biblical ban on the storage/use of animal blood. Nonetheless, members may not pre deposit their own blood or even use certain tiny human blood products like platelets that are frequently required during chemotherapy. Internal Opposition to WTS Policy Mounts Some Jehovah's Witnesses
believe
that a blood transfusion is a liquid tissue or organ transplant, not a
meal, and hence does not violate the biblical admonition to "abstain
from
[eating] blood." The Watchtower Society attempts to deny these members,
many of them born to JW parents, a free choice in their medical care by
means of controls and sanctions - namely enforced shunning by JW family
members and friends. They have been persecuted for their conscientious
beliefs by their own religious organization which presents itself as a
champion of human rights. |
Watchtower
policy permits the use of some but not all of these blood components. True or False - see answer
 Percentage of total weight of blood At one time Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs)
prohibited the use
of every blood component shown here. The Watchtower has gradually
permitted
each component to be used, first globulin, then the clotting factors,
plasma
proteins and finally hemoglobin in June of 2000. The Watchtower still
insists
that JWs “abstain from blood”. Since permitted blood Research Articles Do Jehovah's Witnesses really abstain from blood? Watchtower blood policy changes Watchtower ceases disfellowshiping members who accept blood? H.L.C. members voice their concerns Why science refutes WTS policy blood fraction policy Watchtower officials commit perjury? Watchtower leaders caught in deception |
Watchtower Society policy makes modern
day martyrs out of
Jehovah's
Witness kids. True or False-see answer
The cover of the May 22, 1994 Awake! magazine
showing
photos of 26 children, with the caption: "Youths Who Put God First."
Inside
the magazine glorifies Witness children who died supporting WTS policy.
What's New
Trauma - Life in the E.R.(Video) - bloodless treatment leads to death What can I do? (1) Ask JWs you know or who call at your door, "how does the Watchtower decide which parts of blood God permits?" (2) Support AJWRB's educational work which has
helped
thousands of JWs reconsider their position.
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