The child told medics she didn't consent to receiving a blood transfusion even in the event of a medical emergency.

A NHS board in Scotland took the issue to court after a 14-year-old refused consent for a blood transfusion - even in the ...

A social media user and cancer patient, Mensah Omolola, popularly known on X as AuntieEsther, has died after weeks of public ...

We present 19 judgments of English courts; all that we could find relating to the refusal of blood transfusion by or on behalf of children of Jehovah’s Witness families. This provides detailed context ...

Nigerians were moved when news spread that Esther Mensah, a popular online personality and personal shopper in Lagos, was ...

A judge has authorised doctors to administer a blood transfusion to a 14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness if it becomes necessary following surgery, despite the child’s stated refusal on religious grounds.

An Ecuadorian woman residing in Spain, Rosa Edelmira Pindo Mulla, has brought the country to the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that she was subjected to a blood transfusion against her ...

NEW YORK - Jehovah's Witnesses are renowned for teaching that Jesus is not God and that the world as we know it will soon end. But another unusual belief causes even more entanglements - namely, that ...

Outrage has trailed the decision of a Lagos-based breast cancer patient, Mensah Omolola, popularly known on X as Auntie Esther, to reject a medically advised blood transfusion, weeks after Nigerians ...

AuntieEsther, a cancer patient who refused a blood transfusion due to her faith as a Jehovah's Witness, has died, sparking ...