JW teen must have transfusion: Judge rules

by Tiktaalik 13 Replies latest watchtower medical

  • Xanthippe
    Xanthippe

    It's so long since I left this cult I just can't remember (happily ) but isn't all the blood stuff in the OT? Why are they clinging on to a Jewish food law when Jesus' coming was supposed to supersede all that?

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    I agree with you OTWO.

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    It is a hard call with teens. They have some rights but never the sale as an adult. A few years ago someone in law school posted some cases on this issue. I was chilled to the bone when I read that a judge, presumably an adult, permitted a 14 year old boy to refuse transfusion. The lad died. God forbid that my 14 years. wishes were granted.

  • Chaserious
    Chaserious

    Hopefully this kid will make it and think about things by his 18th birthday. In the U.S., a judge would probably not force the transfusion upon a 17 year-old unless the kid was not very articulate about why he wants to refuse blood.

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