The Boston Globe Online, March 9, 2008
By Dr. Darshak Sanghavi
“Maria and Jose Azevedo had to choose: allow their baby to die a preventable death or save him while acting against their religion. The doctor who helped guide them shares their story.”

For Jose and Maria Azevedo, their beliefs left them little choice as they agonized over one of their children’s health. (Photo by Tanit Sakakini)
 
ALTHOUGH MARIA and Jose Azevedo didn’t know it back then - after all, they were children who lived on separate continents - their lives would be both …

A former Jehovah’s Witness, whose father was at the centre of the UK’s first legal battle to give him a blood transfusion against his will, has set up an online counselling service from her Jevington home for those who want to leave the controversial religion.
Lisa Magdalena, who was brought up in a Jehovah’s Witness family that made legal history, is working alongside www.exJW-reunited.co.uk members, giving personal counselling sessions.
In 1971, Lisa’s father, Keith Playford, was at the centre of the UK’s first legal battle to give a Jehovah’s Witness a blood …

Sunday, 9th March 2008. 8:42am
NEW DRAFT guidelines for religious charities could pose a threat to Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of England Newspaper has learnt.
New rules could threaten charity status of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Several Jehovah’s Witnesses charities in the UK expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.
Their concern regards the commission’s draft guidelines which details how religious charities now have to prove ‘public benefit’ in order to ensure their charitable status.
In the Charity Commission’s Public Benefit and the Advancement of Religion document it states that a …