Posted on 10/06/2011 5:00:29 AM PDT by Cronos
The High Court has made an order allowing the Coombe Hospital to carry out an emergency blood transfusion on a baby girl born prematurely last week.
Her parents are Jehovahs Witnesses and object to the procedure on religious grounds.
.. The baby girl does not at present a require a blood transfusion as she is not at immediate risk.
The child who weighs just under 1 kilogram was born last week 3 months prematurely.
Counsel Eileen Barrington for the hospital said there is a fear the girl may develop an infection.
In this situation a blood transfusion could be a life-saving procedure.
This goes against the religious beliefs of the parents who are Jehovahs Witnesses.
..Judge Patrick McCarthy has given the hospital permission to carry out the procedure.
But he has also given the childs parents permission to return to court to apply for the ruling to be changed in circumstances where the situation of their daughter improves and the risks diminish.
(Excerpt) Read more at newstalk.ie ...
Is there any greater calling than to weaken another man's faith?
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
And the Jehovah’s Witnesses are not “strong” but their philosophy is evil
And yet, some seek to strengthen themselves by weakening others.(see Saul Alinsky)
Just how weak would such a persons principles be? On a scale of 1 to 10, just how weak?
Different cult.
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