http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:30:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26255 A Dublin, Ireland maternity hospital has secured court orders allowing it to perform, if required, an emergency blood transfusion on a child said to be at risk of being born prematurely to a woman who is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith.

Coombe Hospital has won a number of court orders regarding blood transfusion for Jehovah’s Witnesses or their offspring.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:49:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26111 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 09:42:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25947 Fifty-eight-year-old Bruce Huff believes it is a sin to receive any blood or blood products. When his wife, 58-year-old Candy Huff, became unconscious several weeks ago and was rushed to Clark Memorial Hospital, he wrote a letter to the staff telling them not to give her blood transfusions.

The hospital filed a petition in Clark County Circuit Court asking that someone be appointed to make medical decisions for Candy Huff, alleging Bruce Huff was unable to make decisions in her best interest. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24320/teenage-jehovahs-witness-refuses-blood-transfusion-and-dies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24320/teenage-jehovahs-witness-refuses-blood-transfusion-and-dies#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:15:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24320 Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that passages of the Bible forbid blood transfusions. Members who do accept such treatment can be cast out of the church.

Many Jehovah's Witnesses carry a signed and witnessed advance directive card absolutely refusing blood and releasing doctors from any liability arising from this refusal.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24320/teenage-jehovahs-witness-refuses-blood-transfusion-and-dies/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23483/jehovahs-witnesses-cult-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23483/jehovahs-witnesses-cult-quackery#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 14:51:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23483 The father of a girl who died after refusing blood transfusions, on the basis of un-biblical teachings by the Jehovah's Witnesses -- continues to battle the cult in court.

Some legal scholars observing the case see what could be worrying setbacks for this legally aggressive sect accustomed to mobilizing the courts to block members from receiving life-saving transfusions]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23483/jehovahs-witnesses-cult-quackery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23285/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23285/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-4#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:08:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23285 A 12-year-old Jehovah's Witness girl has received a life-saving blood transfusion that she did not want after a Johannesburg High Court order gave doctors the go-ahead.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that it's against God's will to take other people's blood, or one's own blood that has been stored, into one's body.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23285/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22988/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22988/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-3#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:47:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22988 A High Court judge has directed that a Dublin, Ireland hospital can, provided it is absolutely necessary, give a possible life-saving blood transfusion to a four-year-old girl despite the religious objections of her Jehovah's Witness parents.

The hospital made an emergency application to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy on Tuesday seeking an order allowing it to administer a transfusion after the parents refused to give consent.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22988/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusion-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22492/jehovah-witness-amanda-hustler http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22492/jehovah-witness-amanda-hustler#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:40:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22492 A Jehovah's Witness who survived a shooting in which her husband died is believed to have refused a blood transfusion during surgery to save her life.

Amanda Hustler is being treated at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth for two gunshot wounds to her back]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22492/jehovah-witness-amanda-hustler/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22471/jehovahs-witness-shot-dead http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22471/jehovahs-witness-shot-dead#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:18:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22471 A businessman has been murdered and his wife was in a critical condition in hospital last night following a double shooting at their £500,000 luxury home in Cornwall.

Jehovah's Witness Adam Hustler and his wife Amanda were allegedly gunned down by their daughter's jilted lover who is believed to have been forced to end the relationship because of their strict religious views.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22471/jehovahs-witness-shot-dead/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21744/jehovah-witnesses-blood-transfusion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21744/jehovah-witnesses-blood-transfusion#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:27:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21744 The leaders of the Watchtower Society -- the legal organization behind the Jehovah's Witnesses -- claim to speak for God.

In reality, they keep changing their minds on what he allegedly told them -- regarding blood, for instance.

In the process, they show themselves to be quacks whose nonsense has resulted in numerous needless deaths.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21744/jehovah-witnesses-blood-transfusion/feed 0