Jehovah’s Witnesses Relax Blood Transfusion Policy

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced a change in its guidance on blood, allowing members to decide, according to their personal conscience, whether to accept or donate the four main components of blood.
The organisation disclosed this in a statement issued by its World Headquarters in Warwick, New York, and published on its website on Friday.
Under the new position, individual members can make personal decisions concerning red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets.
According to the statement, “the decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets from another person’s blood is a matter of personal conscience.”
It also said members would have to d...