{"id":86669,"date":"2026-03-20T21:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86669"},"modified":"2026-03-20T21:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:43:26","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-ease-rules-on-blood-transfusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/20\/jehovahs-witnesses-ease-rules-on-blood-transfusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses ease rules on blood transfusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/d88b\/live\/04eff530-247e-11f1-a673-e3b236a15253.jpg\" alt=\"A medical centre where blood bags are being processed\" width=\"574\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses has updated its policy on blood transfusions to allow members to have their own blood removed, stored, and &#8220;given back&#8221; in medical procedures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c62j31539dwo\">Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses has updated its policy on blood transfusions to allow members to have their own blood removed, stored, and &#8220;given&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blood-donation-benefits.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86670,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86669\/revisions\/86670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}