Girl, 14, wheeled into court to fight transfusion (beliefs, Jehovah, blood)

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Jehovah-s Witness seeks to control care

VANCOUVER -- At 14, she has already endured a cancer diagnosis, surgery, two rounds of chemotherapy, and a blood clot on her heart.

Now, the devout Jehovah-s Witness from Vernon, B.C., is waging a bitter court fight to refuse a court-ordered blood transfusion.

The girl, who cannot be named because she is a minor, is asking a B.C. Supreme Court judge to ov

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10852

[michel]

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Jehovah-s Witness seeks to control care

VANCOUVER -- At 14, she has already endured a cancer diagnosis, surgery, two rounds of chemotherapy, and a blood clot on her heart.

Now, the devout Jehovah-s Witness from Vernon, B.C., is waging a bitter court fight to refuse a court-ordered blood transfusion.

The girl, who cannot be named because she is a minor, is asking a B.C. Supreme Court judge to ov

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10852

This is, for me, made easier by the fact that it is the girl herself who is making the descision - not her parents. It is her will to follow her beliefs, and she is harming no one with her actions.