Of course Jehovah's Witnesses have a choice whether or not to accept blood transfusions.
If they choose wrongly however, there is a price to pay which is excommunication and the loss of their family and loved ones. Little wonder many choose to die instead........the consequences are much the same either way.
As I lay, potentially bleeding to death after a sudden massive haemorrage during and emergency C section, I knew that if I accepted the blood the doctors were offering me and infact pleading with me to take, I would be as good as dead any way. So, I chose not to take the blood. I survived because of excellent medical care. Not everyone is that lucky.
But I had a choice. I could die from no blood, or I could 'die' taking blood, by losing all my family anyway.
That IS the choice!
I wonder how many JWs or ex JWs have survived by the skin of their teeth because of fear of the wrath of the WTBTS!