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Jehovah’s Witness Governing Body Allows Autologous Transfusions

Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) are a Christian denomination founded in the late 19th century in the United States with a focus on evangelism and nontrinitarian beliefs. Since 1945, the Governing Body of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have prohibited the use of transfusions based on passages from the Old and New Testament of the Bible requiring believers to “abstain…from blood,” which they interpret…

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