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Important September 18, 2026 Blood Policy Update: Jehovah’s Witnesses have changed their policy on red cells, plasma, platelets, white cells, autologous blood, and blood donation. Some AJWRB pages still describe the former policy and are being updated. Read the current policy update →
Evaluating Transfusion Risk: Clinical Reality vs. the Jehovah’s Witness Blood Transfusion Risks Narrative

Evaluating Transfusion Risk: Clinical Reality vs. the Jehovah’s Witness Blood Transfusion Risks Narrative

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jul 1, 2025 | JW Crisis Management, Patient Management

A foundational barrier to informed consent among patients affiliated with Watchtower doctrines is the long-standing, organizationally enforced belief regarding Jehovah’s Witness blood transfusion risks—specifically, that allogeneic blood is inherently unsafe. It...

March 15, 1998 Letter to Governing Body

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Aug 4, 2014 | Institutional Policy & Watchtower Reform

Evidentiary Archive: Historical Documentation of Institutional Awareness In analyzing the bioethical dimensions of the Jehovah’s Witness blood prohibition, establishing a chronological record of institutional awareness is critical. The following correspondence is...

Jan. 27, 1997 Letter to Dan Sydlik

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Aug 4, 2014 | Institutional Policy & Watchtower Reform

Evidentiary Archive: Historical Documentation of Institutional Awareness In analyzing the bioethical dimensions of the Jehovah’s Witness blood prohibition, establishing a chronological record of institutional awareness is critical. The following correspondence is...

Blood Saved Their Lives

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Aug 3, 2014 | Patient Narratives & Case Studies

Hi, I am not going to give any names but want all to know the following information. I have been a JWs for 40 years since I was 6 years old, 2 weeks ago I got the reform blood information from the net, and totally agree with what they say as I have experienced it...

Questions for Those who Believe in the Watchtower Blood Policy

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jul 30, 2014 | Institutional Policy & Watchtower Reform

One of the most effective ways we have found in assisting other Witnesses to analyze the WTS blood doctrine is through the use of questions. The following questions have been used by AJWRB members and physicians in different parts of the world. If you are...

Jehovah’s Witness girl saved by court

by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jun 7, 2014 | Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights

In an article written by Zelda Venter and published on June 7, 2014, by IOL news of South Africa, a 10-year-old Jehovah’s Witness girl was saved in South Africa when “The Centre for Child Law” in Pretoria instructed an advocate to go to the Durban...
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