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  "id": 8900919,
  "title": "Jehovah’s Witnesses update policy: Acceptance of blood components now a matter of conscience",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/jehovahs-witnesses-update-policy-acceptance-of-blood-components-now-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:00:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
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    "url": "https://3news.com/news/jehovahs-witnesses-update-policy-acceptance-of-blood-components-now-a-matter-of-conscience"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced that accepting blood components like red cells, white cells, plasma, and platelets is now a matter of personal conscience.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Each Jehovah’s Witness member now decides whether to accept or donate main blood components",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/each-jehovahs-witness-member-now-decides-whether-to-accept-or-donate",
        "published": "2026-09-20T23:44:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Each Jehovah’s Witness member now decides whether to accept or donate main blood components",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/each-jehovahs-witness-member-now-decides-whether-to-accept-or-donate",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:55:49.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}