12-15-98The
second of a two part article in the Journal of Medical Ethics is published.Bioethics
of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: part two. A Novel approach
based on rational non-interventional paternalism
7-8-00 The WTS has ceased disfellowshipping Jehovah's Witnesses who accept blood transfusion. View the documentation and read AJWRB's position paper on this important change.
6-1-00 AJWRB issued a press release regarding recent changes in the Watchtower Society's blood policies.
5-19-00 Our links section has been completely revised and updated.
5-12-00 The Watchtower Society modifies its blood policy permitting Jehovah's Witnesses to accept any blood component that is a fraction of red cells, white cells, platelets or plasma. This has important implications for millions of Jehovah's Witnesses.
12-7-99 AJWRB's medical consultant, Dr. Osamu Muramoto, M.D., proposes a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
9-29-99 Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood - A Physicians Guide to Saving Lives and Limiting Personal Liability. This is our new brochure for use in speaking with physicians. It equips them with the tools needed to help their Witness Patients. AJWRB members please click here.
9-29-99 Read the WTS September Kingdom Ministry on Blood. Note the reference to blood fractions and that the qualifier "minor" is left out.
9-28-99 The Watchtower attacks and disfellowships AJWRB member in the U.K. Read the story.
9-4-99 We have updated and added new Portuguese translations of various files.
9-4-99 The September issue of Consumer Reports addresses the issue of blood safety. This is an important article for all Jehovah's Witnesses to read.
8-22-99 We have uploaded a draft version of a legal document that
we are designing for hospitals and physicians to use with their Jehovah's
Witness patients. It is entitled, "
8-10-99 We have updated our database of Witnesses that you can contact regarding the blood issue. Note the new HLC list from the U.K.
7-6-99 The Western Journal of Medicine has published a comprehensive article entitled "Recent Developments in the Medical Care of Jehovah's Witnesses." This is must reading for all Witnesses and their family members. The article was written by AJWRB's medical counsel, Dr. Osamu Muramoto.
6-24-99 We now have a good translation of the comprehensive Colombian newspapers article on blood transfusions and disfellowshipping. This link will take you to the site where the article is hosted by Latin American AJWRB members.
5-15-99 Court ordered blood transfusion saves the life of Witness couples new born child. Read the article.
4-24-99 A letter from the WTS attempts to explain the WTS Bulgarian blood policy and reiterates that they have not changed their policy, despite their agreement reached with the assistance of the European Commission on Human Rights.
3-17-99 Queensland WTS officials "fill in the blanks" of the governments Power of attorney form for local Witnesses and create quite a stir. View the original article.
3-8-99 Australian Witnesses asked to sign what one Witness describes as a "death warrant".
2-3-99 Jehovah's Witness Who Caused Furor by Refusing Transfusion Dies -By William Branigin, Washington Post Staff Writer
1-1-99 Transfusion-free treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses: respecting the autonomous patients motives - Journal of Medical Ethics - December 1998; 24: 376-381 - David Malyon Jehovah's Witnesses Hospital Liaison Committee, Luton, Bedforwshire
12-27-98 Transfusion-free treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses: respecting the autonomous patients rights - Journal of Medical Ethics - October 1998; 24: 302-307 - David Malyon Jehovah's Witnesses Hospital Liaison Committee, Luton, Bedforwshire
12-22-98 Another Witness chooses maker over medicine. Two witness deaths in the same hospital just days apart.
12-18-98 Doctors honor a 26 year old Witness womans Advance Medical Directive and watch helplessly while she bleeds to death. Read the story.
12-15-98The
second of a two part article in the Journal of Medical Ethics is published.Bioethics
of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: part two. A Novel approach
based on rational non-interventional paternalism
12-6-98 The President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia affirms that denying a blood transfusion constitutes First Degree Murder - Read the televised investigative report.
11-24-98 A Dutch translation of a letter that we are asking be mailed to all Witnesses was uploaded.
8-29-98
The first of a two part article in the Journal of Medical Ethics is published.
"Bioethics
of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: part1. Should bioethical
deliberation consider dissidents' views?"
8-26-98 Blood reform in Spain - "we do not excommunicate for accepting a blood transfusion" states WT spokesman Aníbal Matos. Read the August 26, 1998 article.
8-13-98 News of another death came to us today. Read the email that we received from one Witness.
7-31-98 Uploaded Swedish newspaper article detailing the comments of the WTS Public Affairs representative. Swedish branch appears to disagree with the still official position of the WTS as stated in it's press release.
7-16-98 See the WTS "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care." This form clearly shows the internal inconsistencies in their blood policy
6-20-98 AJWRB official interviewed by the BBC, read the transcript and the WTS response. Also, read our new article, "What is a Blood Transfusion." Which shows that the WTS already allows five of the ten most common forms of blood transfusions.
6-6-98 "Rebels fight Jehovah Witnesses' blood ban" by Victoria Combe, Churches Correspondent - London Daily Telegraph
6-4-98 More problems with HemAssist - news story on the development of blood substitute
5-30-98 See our new database of WTS comments regarding the blood product albumin which was approved for use by the WTS in 1982. The development of this policy is fascinating.
5-30-98 A health care worker writes to tell about the death of another Jehovah's Witness.
5-29-98 WTS approved blood product saves unborn Witness child in Australia.
5-26-98 A new Watchtower cartoon depicting a "puss bar" serving up vaccines was uploaded.
5-21-98 A Jehovah's Witness refuses blood and bleeds to death after being shot.
5-18-98 We have received hard copy of the actual documents issued by the European Commission of Human Rights regarding the WTS and Bulgaria. Here is the incontrovertible proof that the WTS has two policies or that they have intentionally misrepresented their position.
5-14-98 We have uploaded a new file that will contain the death certificates of the victims of the Watchtower Society and its medical advice on vaccines, organ transplants and blood.
5-4-98 For the last week or so, the WTS has been claiming that the European Commission on Human Rights has misrepresented the facts concerning the Bulgaria situation in their press release. We now have the actual part of the report that deals with the issue translated from French into English. Please take a look and decide for yourself who is misrepresenting the facts.
5-3-98 Debbie Shard tells how her father, a Jehovah's Witness elder, believed that the Watchtower spoke for God and obediently refused to accept a needed kidney transplant. Her father died two years before the Governing Body finally reversed their deadly policy.
4-27-98 New documents available on this site. Read the admittance of the WTS application to the European Commission on Human Rights, as well as their final report. Also, we received this interesting email from a Finnish journalist. We also received a new story from a former Witness whose father died when he obediently followed the Watchtower ban on organ transplants in place in 1978. It's unfortunate he didn't live for two more years for then his needed transplant would have no longer been cannibalism.
4-23-98 Read the letter we express mailed to the Governing Body seeking clarification of the new blood policy.
4-22-98 New Finnish Blood site comes on line.
4-21-98 The Watchtower appears to have abandoned it's policy of disfellowshipping those who accept the remaining prohibited blood products.
4-19-98 New section added: "To all Appointed Servants in the Organization."
4-15-98 See our new collection of authentic Watchtower images. These illustrate the WTS views on vaccination, aluminum cookware, etc. And provide clues about the kind of thinking and mind set that produced the blood doctrine.
4-15-98 The Evolution of the Blood Ban. How did the WTS get so off track on this issue in the first place. Be sure to read this new addition to the Historical Perspective.
4-7-98 Added new link to the World Federation of Hemophilia. The Witness community requires more than 250,000 donations of blood annually, just to supply this one Watchtower approved blood product.
3-27-98 We have been unable to independently confirm the Angelique Perotta story. We've added a statement that the story is presented as a potentially fictionalized account representative of the hundreds of other tragedies that we know of.
3-22-98 Reform Saves a Life! Read the story.
3-18-98 A letter was written to the Governing Body on behalf of the Association. It will be uploaded to the site if we do not receive a favorable response by 4-18-98.
2-26-98 Dad chooses wife's health over religion - News story from Australia