JanH,
This is a great introductory post. I am looking forward to future posts.
I have always wanted to find more info on the blood policy, but I do not have the WT references any more.
I do remember though, information published from when the blood policy was introduced, that it started with a Question from Readers. I believe that this question was from a JW woman from Chicago. and I believe her name was given. I had always wanted to try and find out who she was, and see if she still had the same questions or to find the background to this, or other details. She is probable long gone now, but I wonder if letters or doucumentation from relatives could be found.
I hope in your future articles some references can be found how this tragic doctrine came to be introduced.
belbab