I know this is a highly emotionaly charged issue. It should be because a life is at stake,but for me its a no brainer. If my child was in danger,there are plenty of other things to do.
I have a friend who is not a JW a few years back. He went in for a liver operation. He had blood. He now has a condition I cant pronounce and it will shorten his life. He then found out that it came from the blood. He joined a group over here call 'the tainted blood action group'. This group is trying to find a way to sue the government over this because they run the company that supplies the blood. There are many in this group with the same story and they all regret ever having blood. This group is also aware of the corruption of the government on this topic. they have imported blood from other countries to fill the demand. THIS IS ILLEGAL...yet they do it and few know about this.
This group now try to educate people to try other ways other than blood.
My father has cancer and is going to have an operation for it. On the admission form you must sign a waver giving the hostpital immunity over any disease you may contract from blood. WHY do you think they do that ??? because its dangerous stuff and even if I wasnt a JW I would never touch the stuff. The group mentioned above are not JWs and they all wish they never had blood. They cannot give you any assurance the supply is clean and the truth is that if you want the best for your children,do your research and you will find other ways to save their life that wont endanger them to something else later on.