WARWICK, N.Y. — One of the most recognizable—and medically consequential—religious practices associated with Jehovah’s Witnesses has undergone a major change, announced from the denomination’s world ...
The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness who died after refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds in 2019 has expressed ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses have announced an adjustment to their policy on blood transfusions, allowing members to decide based on ...
The organization presents the change not as an abandonment of the sacred character it attributes to blood, but as a transfer ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses have changed their position on four major blood components, allowing individual members to decide ...
Lawyers acknowledged Jehovah’s Witnesses’ new policy allowing some blood transfusions but called for accountability for deaths, disabilities and other issues caused by the denomination’s ...
On September 18, 2026, the Governing Body (the supreme leadership) of Jehovah's Witnesses announced that the acceptance of the four major components derived from another person's blood—red blood cells ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses have changed their policy on red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets, allowing ...
The Humanist Enabling Life Project (HELP) has accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of maintaining a contradictory and dangerous blood ...
Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses are modifying their prohibition on receiving blood transfusions on religious grounds, now allowing members to decide whether to allow their own blood to be drawn and ...
The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses says the decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets from another person’s blood is a matter of personal conscience for members.
For the first time, Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world can donate and receive transfusions of red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, and platelets, but not whole blood from others.
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