Qestion fore caspian

by happy man 1 Replies latest jw friends

  • happy man
    happy man

    You tell this in onother topic.

    It seems that the latest directive from HIS at the branch office is the following.

    HLC members are not to direct JW parents to refuse blood for their children any more.

    In the past UK Doctors could easily get a court order to force JW children to have a blood transfusion. But the parents always had to refuse completely so that court action almost always took place

    However over the past few weeks HIS policy is to encourage the JW Parents to tell the doctors that they can give their children blood,

    with the following proviso.

    1. Tell the Doctors that as JW Parents whilst you can not officially consent, you recognise their legal position to give blood, so they might as well give it to their child before the situation becomes critical.

    2. To inform the Doctors that a child will not face any sanctions within the congregation or be treated any differently because of the treatment.

    So great news for UK JW children, however this doesn't apply to JW children in other lands,

    I think it shows the hypocrisy of different JW blood policies for children just because they live in different lands.

    In one country you are allowed life saving treatment, in others not. and I thought that God was not partial

    What is the diffrence from before, i am not sure if you have the same system in England as we have in sweden, nyself are soon in this situation widh my dotter how must do operation, so your post is intesting, how tell you this?

  • caspian
    caspian

    It is a subtle change,

    over the years the society were willing to go to court to stop a doctor giving blood to a child, they never won even one case. The child always recieved blood, however because of these stalling tactics by the time the child recieved blood it was to late

    Now the society almost in very case explain that while they would like the doctors to seek every alternitive treatment, they must do as they see fit, and the society will not stand in there way.

    Thus giving the child a better chance

    As regards Sweden, I am not sure of the policy over there.

    Cas

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