Jehovah’s Witnesses make major U-turn on blood transfusion policy
The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced an adjustment to its policy on blood transfusions, allowing members to decide, based on personal conscience, whether to accept or donate the four main components of blood. The organisation disclosed this in a statement issued by its World Headquarters in Warwick, New York, and published on its […] Jehovah’s Witnesses make major U-turn on…
Jehovah’s Witnesses have recently reversed their stance on blood transfusions, permitting individual members to decide whether to accept or donate the four primary components of blood. This announcement was made in a statement released by the World Headquarters in Warwick, New York, and published on the organization's official website on Friday. The statement outlines that each member can now choose personally whether to accept red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, or platelets from another individual's blood.
The organization clarified that the decision to accept these blood components is a matter of personal conscience. Furthermore, Jehovah’s Witnesses stated that each member must also decide independently whether to donate blood specifically for providing blood components to aid another person's medical treatment. However, the organization reaffirmed its long-standing opposition to whole-blood transfusions.
International spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, Paul Gillies, confirmed that the new policy regarding blood components is an individual decision. This significant shift in the organization's blood transfusion policy is referred to as a "major U-turn."
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