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- Welcome to the AJWRB Website
Resources for Jehovah's Witnesses and their Physicians Welcome to AJWRB. The web site started in 1997 as the work of one dissident Jehovah's Witnesses…
- Do Jehovah's Witnesses Really Abstain From Blood?
This document is available as a brochure that can be downloaded and printed for distribution to others.
- What is a Blood Transfusion?
For most Jehovah's Witnesses, the term "blood transfusion" conjures up a grim mental picture of a patient connected to a suspended IV bag bearing the label…
- Welcome to AJWRB
From its beginning in 1998, AJWRB (Advocates for Jehovah's Witness Reform on Blood) has served as a resource for those who pay the heaviest price for the…
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- AJWRB Terms of Use
What you agree to when using our site Terms and Conditions of Service March 1, 2014 Please note that AJWRB Offerings (as defined below) are under constant…
- Privacy Policy
How We Collect and Use Information About You Information you provide us directly: We ask for certain information such as your username, real name, and…
- Resources
- Contact AJWRB
- Physicians
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood This section addresses some of the issues that confront doctors who treat Jehovah’s Witnesses and their children - particular…
- Experiences
All Jehovah's Witnesses, particularly those in positions of oversight, need to fully come to grips with the toll in human lives and suffering the Watchtower's…
- Reform
Some people understandably dismiss the thought that the Watchtower blood doctrine can be reformed. They believe the doctrine is too entrenched, and that too…
- Watchtower Blood Map
The AJWRB.org "Watchtower Blood Map" displays the general geographic locations for cases where "Jehovah's Witnesses" and the issues of "blood transfusions" (or…
- Bible
For Jehovah's Witnesses the Biblical perspective should be of primary importance. Just how compelling of a case can be presented for a scriptural injunction…
- Historical Perspective on Blood
In this section, we will attempt to document some of the relevant historical information that is available regarding blood. Then we will look at the modern…
- News & Media Information
The various media outlets regularly carry news concerning the Watchtower Society's blood policy and how it is impacting the lives of millions of Jehovah's…
- Organ Transplants
Photo by Billy W As with blood, the Watchtower Society (WTS) originally had no objections to organ transplants. In a Questions from Readers section in The…
- The Plasma Paradox
This illustration is taken from the October 22, 1990 issue of Awake! You will note that plasma constitutes 55% of the blood. Since the Watchtower Society…
- Prohibited Blood Components
Whole Blood: It should come as no surprise that the Society's prohibition against blood transfusions obviously includes whole blood. In real life, however,…
- Quack Medicine
The founder of the Watchtower Society, Charles Taze Russell was extremely fascinated with science, technology and development. This fascination led to some…
- Vaccination
Golden Age - March 30, 1930 p.409 Most Jehovah's Witnesses will be completely unaware of the Watchtower Society's (WTS) once firm position against the…
- Watchtower Blood Propaganda
The Watchtower Society has not been content with giving "Biblical" reasons for prohibiting blood transfusions. Articles and publications dealing with this…
- Blood Transfusions - What are the risks?
The typical Jehovah's Witness believes that blood transfusions are bad medicine and the equivalent of playing Russian Roulette. They have been so thoroughly…
- Watchtower Approved Blood Transfusions
The Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses in general still cling to the "no blood" mantra. As you will see in this section, that claim is extraordinarily…
- Blood Transfusion - is it a meal?
When the Watchtower Society established its transfusion ban it argued that a blood transfusion was the same as eating blood. In those days, when they also…
- Watchtower
The Watchtower is a well-known periodical that has been published since 1879 and has been the principal vehicle used to disseminate information to Jehovah's…
- Science
While the Watchtower's blood policy is a religious based belief, they have expended great effort in using scientific claims to bolster compliance with their…
- Legal
Jehovah's Witnesses are no strangers to the legal system. The Watchtower Society has fought and won numerous landmark court battles before the highest courts…
