Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions because they read the apostles’ command to abstain from blood as covering blood put into the veins as well as blood eaten. Since September 2026 the rule covers only whole blood: each Witness decides whether to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets. Why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses accept blood? Witnesses teach that blood stands for life, and that life belongs to God. The command appears first in Genesis 9:4, where God lets Noah’s family…

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