Saturday, June 13, 2015

Jehovah’s Witness Parents Refuse Life Saving Treatment for Son

Respect for God means letting their child die: A seven-year-old boy in Australia needs a liver transplant and a blood transfusion to live, but his parents are refusing the life-saving treatment because such medical procedures violate their sincerely held religious beliefs as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

A hospital in Brisbane is currently appealing to the Australian Supreme Court to allow the young boy a life-saving blood transfusion after his parents refused to consent due to their religious beliefs.

Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital is hoping legal intervention will allow the boy to receive the transfusion, which is an essential component of the liver transplant operation the child needs to live.

The parents have consented to the liver transplant, but refuse to consent to a blood transfusion, which is almost always necessary in such procedures.

Jehovah’s Witness Parents Refuse Life Saving Treatment for Son

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