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Police inquiry over Jehovah’s Witness magazine ‘mentally diseased’ article
An official magazine for Jehovah’s Witnesses that described those who leave the church as “mentally diseased” is at the centre of a police inquiry, it has emerged.
Detectives are investigating whether the article, published in July’s edition of The Watchtower, is in breach of Britain’s religious hatred laws.
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Irish High Court grants transfusion order for Jehovah’s Witness baby
Ireland’s High Court has made an order allowing the Coombe Hospital in Dublin to carry out an emergency blood transfusion on a baby girl born prematurely last week.
The baby, who weighs less than one kilogram, was born to Jehovah’s Witness parents, who have refused to agree to a blood transfusion should it become [...]
Judge dismisses ‘wrongful life’ lawsuit by Jehovah’s Witness
A Jehovah’s Witness who received a life-saving blood transfusion against her beliefs sued her doctor for medical malpractice.
A judge dismissed the suit ruling that the transfusion didn’t deviate from accepted standards of care.
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Jehovah’s Witness sues Kansas for bloodless transplant
Mary Stinemetz, 64, could get a liver transplant, one that would be paid for by Medicaid, at the University of Kansas Hospital.
But she also would have to compromise her Jehovah’s Witness principles, because she would receive a blood transfusion, something she believes violates God’s law.
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