Jehovah’s Witnesses announce adjustment to blood transfusion policy
Jehovah’s Witnesses have announced members can now decide based on personal conscience whether to accept or donate the four main components of blood. Read More: https://punchng.com/jehovahs-witnesses-announce-adjustment-to-blood-transfusion-policy/
Jehovah’s Witnesses have announced an adjustment to their blood transfusion policy, allowing members to decide whether to accept or donate the four main components of blood based on their personal conscience, according to a statement from the organisation's World Headquarters in Warwick, New York. The decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma, or platelets remains a matter of individual conscience, while the organisation maintains its position against whole-blood transfusions, which are based on the religious teaching to "abstain from blood" (Acts 15:20).
This adjustment follows earlier updates regarding blood fractions and the use of one's own blood during medical procedures.
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