Kudos to Kerry for a very informative interview. She started off by stating that a recent Irish study was wrong and not all JWs agree with the religion’s blood policy, quickly mentioning www.ajwrb.org., a website that represents a group of JWs who actively and secretly do not agree.
Her emphasis that the Irish study did not understand that JWs are not acting autonomously when deciding not to accept blood, was right on the money. Also, important was her stressing the coercion factor by HLC members, and by JWs, who inundate very sick JW patients, reminding them of the penalty of shunning by God and their brothers if they accept blood.
Kerry was quite adamant in her statement that Witnesses are thoroughly misinformed about their religion’s blood policy. She agreed that adults should have the right to make a decision regarding their medical care, but not based on misrepresentation and coercion, but by making an informed choice.
Kerry’s reference to a clotting fraction for hemophilia being okay for Witnesses to receive was especially important because studies are showing that this clotting product when given to healthy people can and is causing heart attacks and strokes. So in case of massive bleeding, by not accepting blood, Witnesses can and do die, and, conversely, by accepting certain blood clotting products, Witnesses can and do die.
She spoke about the Lawrence Hughes case and how the religion, through its attorneys, lied to Bethany saying blood transfusions were experimental which definitely influenced Bethany, a 15-year old Witness, to make her no-blood decision. Watchtower attorneys pointed her to an alternative treatment, arsenic, which her death certificate stated killed her.
After Kerry spoke, the Irish public commented through e-mail. One man, a doctor, said he would never allow himself to be influenced by HLC elders. The host of the talk show was equally angered by the scandalous and dangerous alternative treatments allowed by Witness leaders.
Please listen to this hard-hitting interview and think how you would react to a JW calling at your door after hearing what Kerry had to say.
Her emphasis that the Irish study did not understand that JWs are not acting autonomously when deciding not to accept blood, was right on the money. Also, important was her stressing the coercion factor by HLC members, and by JWs, who inundate very sick JW patients, reminding them of the penalty of shunning by God and their brothers if they accept blood.
Kerry was quite adamant in her statement that Witnesses are thoroughly misinformed about their religion’s blood policy. She agreed that adults should have the right to make a decision regarding their medical care, but not based on misrepresentation and coercion, but by making an informed choice.
Kerry’s reference to a clotting fraction for hemophilia being okay for Witnesses to receive was especially important because studies are showing that this clotting product when given to healthy people can and is causing heart attacks and strokes. So in case of massive bleeding, by not accepting blood, Witnesses can and do die, and, conversely, by accepting certain blood clotting products, Witnesses can and do die.
She spoke about the Lawrence Hughes case and how the religion, through its attorneys, lied to Bethany saying blood transfusions were experimental which definitely influenced Bethany, a 15-year old Witness, to make her no-blood decision. Watchtower attorneys pointed her to an alternative treatment, arsenic, which her death certificate stated killed her.
After Kerry spoke, the Irish public commented through e-mail. One man, a doctor, said he would never allow himself to be influenced by HLC elders. The host of the talk show was equally angered by the scandalous and dangerous alternative treatments allowed by Witness leaders.
Please listen to this hard-hitting interview and think how you would react to a JW calling at your door after hearing what Kerry had to say.