QUESTION: If I am employed by an agency under the control of the Jehovah Witnesses, do they have the right to remove access to "blood transfusions" from any health insurance package that they may provide?Jehovah Witnesses and Blood Transfusions
Based on various biblical texts, such as Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:10, and Acts 15:29, they believe:
- Blood represents life and is sacred to God. It is reserved for only one special use, the atonement for sins. When a Christian abstains from blood, they are in effect expressing faith that only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can truly redeem them and save their life.
- Blood must not be eaten or transfused, even in the case of a medical emergency.
- Blood leaving the body of a human or animal must be disposed of, except for autologous blood transfusions considered part of a “current therapy”.
A baptized Witness who unrepentantly accepts a blood transfusion is deemed to have disassociated himself from the religion by abandoning its doctrines and is subsequently subject to organized shunning by other members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses_and_blood_transfusions
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