the jw's need the martyrs for their faith, this is the only way they can get them
Tuesday the 20th, Pray for Attorneys in Blood Case
by skeeter1 13 Replies latest watchtower medical
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Witness 007
Brainwashed people are in no position to make any medical decisions....I hope the court realizes this.
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Rabbit
Another story...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080520/health/health_scoc_jehovah_transfusion_1
Teen asks Supreme Court to strike down law that forced blood transfusion 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court reserved judgment today in a case that pits a teenage Jehovah's Witness against the government's right to force medical treatment.
Lawyers for the young woman asked the court to overturn a Manitoba child welfare law that forced her to have a blood transfusion against her religious principles.
The province acted under legislation that sets the cut-off age at 16 for medical decision-making - a provision which her lawyers say violated the teen's constitutional rights.
The case could have far-reaching implications because several other provinces have laws setting 16 as a legal benchmark in such cases, and some set the cut-off point as high as 19.
The girl, now 16 and living in Ontario, was 14 when she was hospitalized in Winnipeg in 2006 with a flare-up of Crohn's disease - a chronic illness that can cause gastrointestinal bleeding.
She insisted on being treated without transfusion, but Manitoba Child and Family Services obtained a court order compelling her to have the procedure after it was recommended by her doctor.
Her lawyers argued that decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis according to the intellectual capability of the young person involved - not according to an arbitrary age scale.
Copyright © 2008 Canadian Press
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