Did the Vancouver sextuplets require blood transfusions?

Answer 1

The B.C. government seized 3 of them and gave 2 of them blood transfusions against their parents wishes, then gave them back to their parents. Its a sad day when parents cannot choose what medical treatment they want for their own children. Its interesting that the reason the doctors feel they need to give them blood is because they are bleeding them dry with all the tests they do! That was in the paper this morning! I have a cousin who had a baby at around 28 weeks, and they did micro-testing, which basically takes just minute amounts of blood to test rather than causing this problem! You would think the doctors would do everything they could to respect the parents' wishes. Interestingly, the paper said the blood transfusions did little to help the babies anyway!
The parents, as Jehovah's Witnesses, refused blood for religious reasons, as the Bible says to abstain from blood, however, many complications can be avoided when you don't use blood as well. Blood can introduce many infections into their little bodies that have enough to deal with at the moment! Studies have shown too, that patients who do NOT receive blood transfusions, are discharged from hospital sooner than those who do. I might add, these parents are not refusing medical treatment for their babies!!!! They just don't want blood! Parents make choices everyday as to what treatments their children will receive or not receive, such as in a case where a child has cancer; do they want to do chemo, or radiation, or surgery etc.
This family is just following their Bible-based beliefs. Who knows better what is best for us, Almighty God who made us, or human doctors, who although are well-meaning, are still imperfect?

Answer 2

If this isn't proof that we no longer have rights as parents, I don't know what is. The state had no business stealing the children from the parents and allowing doctors to perform a proceedure that is contrary to the family's religious beliefs. This country is supposed to have religious freedom, but apparently that is not the case.