by kwr 13 Replies latest watchtower medical
Mary, I always have that image from the Paradise book, too. I think it was the Ammonites' god, Molech or Moloch.
I think a lot of JW's in the position of these parents secretly hope the court will rule to save their children's lives while they genuflect to the tower. I know I would have.
Praying for the babies,
SandraC
I am little confused here. People keep saying lawsuits.
I thought the case is a judicial review of the Children and Family Services order. I thought the case was about the parents (aka the WTS lawyers) believing that they did not have the time to review the information and bring an appeal/objection to the Children and Family Services order before the Court. The WTS lawyers believe that there is jursiprudence suggesting that no matter what the Court has to hear all evidence before allowing the transfusion. They will argue that the government should ought to have known there was a liklihood of a blood therapy and thus, should ought to have gotten the order in front of the Court much sooner than they did. Of course the Crown is arguing there was insufficient time due to the health of the little ones was at stake.
Personally I don't know how a group of men from Glen How's little group in the Georegtown Bethel can look at the Court and say a blood transfusion is okay if it is for testing the blood (even when the tube holding the blood is disconnected during the procedure) but other types of blood transfusions for sustaining one's life is not okay. Maybe everyone should go read the 1944 Ballard case by the USA Supremes and then ask if the JW leadership honestly and in good faith believes in their partial blood ban doctrine. Then maybe the Crown up here should start enforcing s. 217 to 219 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
hawk
people are just stunned and disgustedYou've got that right. Every comment I've ever heard is expressing disgust that they would have the nerve to sue people who are doing everything they can to help them. They accept life-saving help, and then bite the hand that administers it.
The JW parents have lost control of their family. If they don't go along with the WT legal team they could possibly set themselves up to be disfellowshipped.
