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Originally Posted by derekgas
It's a strong belief that let's one of your children die before you will allow a transfusion, unthinkable!
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Yes but there are ways for doctors to get around that. Although its 'unethical', there are situations where doctors have given blood transfusions to children behind their parents back because its unreasonable to let a child die who isn't even old enough to decide upon a religion. Also, in Canada the courts ordered children be taken off a woman who gave birth to several babies (think it was 6?) because she refused to allow a blood transfusion, so they gave the children a transfusion outside of her care and then gave them back to her. Fair enough I'd say.