This sounds like another of those "politically correct" rulings.
In this way, if a JW is asked about being disfellowshipped for taking a transfusion, the good little JW can truthfully answer "no, we are not disfellowshipped for taking blood. This is a matter of conscience for a true Christian". And yet, all the while the Society keeps the guilt machine running so that there is still absolute control of the masses.
Such hypocrisy!!! It makes me nauseous to think of all of these changes simply to look good to the "world". No, we're not a cult...we don't run our members lives...we don't prohibit them from doing anything. LIES!!!