funkyderek	Re: Jehovah's Witness refuses blood for her unborn twins.
	Good news on this case: The High Court has granted an order permitting the Health Service Executive to give blood transfusions to two severely aneamic babies after they are born. See http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0424/breaking44.htm for full details carla: Two questions- is it normal in the UK to refer to 'mother and her partner ' ? to me it reads they are not married but could be just a language thing? Ireland is not in the UK. But it's likely the paper simply didn't know the details of the relationship, as their identities have not been disclosed. The man could not be referred to as the baby's father as he would have no such legal status until they are born and their births registered. also, what the heck?-"she believed an alternative remedy of coca-cola and tomatoes should have been given to her when she refused the transfusion." That's referring to the woman at the centre of the last blood transfusion case. She was an immigrant from (I believe) the Congo, and so may not have been up to date on the latest medical developments (to say the least). That was a rather different case as the woman, not the baby, was the one needing the transfusion, and because she lied and said the father was not in the country, the court ruled that she should not be allowed to commit suicide leaving her baby a ward of the state.
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