Ok so here in Kansas there is a women who is a JW asking for a liver transplant, but she wants bloodless surgery. She is on state healthcare. The state said no bloodless surgery is not needed in this case and refused to pay for the added cost. So she found doctors in Nebraska who would do it but they wanted KS to pay for it instead of NE. So she sued to get KS state to apy for it. She won her lawsuit but since the case took months to settle her condition has progressed so that she is no longer eligible for a liver transplant.
Maybe there are some medical professionals on here that can shed some light on this for me but if you are getting a liver transplant doesn't blood from the donor come along with the liver?
http://salinapost.com/2012/07/25/no-transplant-for-kansas-woman-in-religious-freedom-case/
No Transplant For Kansas Woman In Religious Freedom Case
A Kansas woman’s victory in a religious freedom case came too late for her to get a life-saving liver transplant.
Mary Stinemetz of Hill City is terminally ill with chronic liver disease.
The 65-year-old woman is a Jehovah’s Witness, a religion that forbids blood transfusions. She won a legal battle last year that forced the state to pay for a transplant in Nebraska that did not require a blood transfusion.
Kansas officials had argued that a bloodless transplant was not a medical necessity, and Steinmetz’s religion should not determine insurance coverage.
The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday, the legal victory came too late for Stinemetz. By the time she won, her condition deteriorated so much that she was not eligible for a new liver.