There is apathy is the ex-JW community on this issue in my experience. An acceptance that the policy will never change, and that there is little to nothing that can done to help. To most of the medical community it is little more than a curiosity to be pondered. To those who see the devastation first hand, it is frustrating but they too generally feel ill equipped to alter the outcome. To counter the work the Watchtower has done in building up a market for their blood policy will require enormous amounts of time and money. Most ex JW's have neither. The children suffer and die, they have no voice, and are largely forgotten. That is the sad reality.
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Sickle Cell Case
by Lee Elder inthe sad reality for jehovah's witness children who must depend upon the courts to get critical medical care their parents reject for them, even when their lives depend upon it.
to support the irrational blood policy of the watchtower society.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-05-three-jehovahs-witness-families-taken-to-court-to-save-childrens-lives/.
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Did Ray Franz Help You To Get Out of “The Truth”?
by minimus ini sneakily read his books at work.
it was written in such a way that no one could accuse him of being another bitter old apostate.. once it registered in my brain, especially after reading the second book, i knew i had to get out!.
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Without a doubt.
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Sickle Cell Case
by Lee Elder inthe sad reality for jehovah's witness children who must depend upon the courts to get critical medical care their parents reject for them, even when their lives depend upon it.
to support the irrational blood policy of the watchtower society.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-05-three-jehovahs-witness-families-taken-to-court-to-save-childrens-lives/.
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It is rather surprising. This topic just doesn't seem to get anywhere near the attention you'd think it would.
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Sickle Cell Case
by Lee Elder inthe sad reality for jehovah's witness children who must depend upon the courts to get critical medical care their parents reject for them, even when their lives depend upon it.
to support the irrational blood policy of the watchtower society.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-05-three-jehovahs-witness-families-taken-to-court-to-save-childrens-lives/.
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The sad reality for Jehovah's Witness children who must depend upon the courts to get critical medical care their parents reject for them, even when their lives depend upon it. Why? To support the irrational blood policy of the Watchtower Society.
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Our daughter was free to make her own choice.
by StephaneLaliberte inwhen eloise dupuis gave birth to her son in 2016, there were complications where a blood transfusion would have saved her live.
however, she refused and died; to the horror of the medical staff and the entire province of quebec.. two years later, there was a change in politics and the topic came back up in the media.
the parents of eloise dupuis, obviously exhausted by the media coverage, wrote a comment to a well known news paper in quebec.
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Individuals should be free to make their own choices. If that choice happens to be to shun some one - so be it. The problem is when we come to organizationally mandated shunning. That crosses the line into coercive control, and that is - in my view - is evil. That governments choose to give charity status to groups that practice this is highly questionable.
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Blood Transfusion Permitted
by Nevuela ini just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.
among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.
"you lost a lot of blood?
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Her response was correct imo. There is no basis to argue that non JW's should observe the WT's irrational policies on blood, blood components, and blood fractions. Sadly, we have numerous incidents where it works the other way.
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Work on the Blood Issue!
by Lee Elder indo you have an interest in the blood issue?
do you have talents or resources you would like to put to work?
if so, we would like to hear from you.
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Do you have an interest in the blood issue? Do you have talents or resources you would like to put to work? If so, we would like to hear from you. Opportunities range from translation to writing, graphic arts, editing, and speaking. Not enough time to be get involved directly? Simply read the articles on www.ajwrb.org and respond in the comments sections to remarks made by Jehovah's Witnesses and others. For more information post here, or you can email me directly at: [email protected]
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Judge Rules on Blood Issue
by moreconfusedthanever inhttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/judge-rules-against-pregnant-teen-who-wanted-to-refuse-blood-at-birth-20180831-p5012k.html.
this article has come up in my newsfeed on facebook today.
it was posted by a non witness midwife who is up in arms about the girl not being able to choose her own course of treatment in pregnancy.
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Solzhenitsyn:
Seems like you are seeing quite clearly. Hope your wife comes along.
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Pregnant JW has "come to Jesus" moment
by Lee Elder ina pregnant jehovah's witness rethinks watchtower's transfusion policy .
after one simple question from her hematologist.
read her story in this .
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A pregnant Jehovah's Witness rethinks Watchtower's transfusion policy
after one simple question from her Hematologist. Read her story in this
new article from AJWRB. http://ajwrb.org/hematologist-helps-open-the-eyes-of-pregnant-jw
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French & English | Assembly Testimony The Father of Eloise Dupuis
by Not_Culty inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvaevbnv3h4.
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Very sad and tragic stuff. If it ever dawns on him that he took his daughter on this misguided path, he is going to have bigger regrets than forgetting his presentation in service.