On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept?
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society’s (WTS)
policy with regard to blood is based on the JW elders’ interpreta-tion of
several biblical passages. It was determined that the use of a blood
transfusion was a violation of God’s law. JWs believe that blood removed from
the body must be discarded. Therefore, they will not accept autologous or
homologous blood transfusions.
The WTS’s current policy prohibits blood
components including red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma, and
hemoglobin solutions.
The WTS’s policy considers some blood
components and procedures acceptable, including clotting factors, albumin, cell
saver, and hemodilution. The latter two options are acceptable only if a
continuous circuit is maintained. The list of acceptable blood components and
procedures is limited to those that are more commonly associated with use in
the operating room. A preoperative agreement should be established concerning
the use of any of these components or procedures. Each JW patient must decide
whether or not there is an objection to the use of these components or
procedures.
In 1996, a group within the JW known as the
Associated Jehovah’s Witness for Reform on Blood (AJWRB) was established. This
group has engaged in discussion regard-ing their difference of opinion towards
the blood policy.
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