Medical evidence and thus medical practice is moving away from the likes of blood transfusions. Just as they moved away from the poor hygienic practices of tending to the dead and then walking into another room to deliver a baby, and the sort of blood letting that contributed to the death of a President named George Washington, and the sort of transfusions that led to even the Pope getting Cytomegalovirus. Let's face it, it's happening, why? One important reason is that Jehovah's Witnesses need it to do so, and their battles have led to others seeing a need also - others especially so as a result of the scientific discoveries of the many diseases we know of.

Does anyone definitely know what the health issue was/is with the babies? Was it anemia? If so how extensive was their condition? Is there anything to actually 'debate' here if these details aren't known? If there aren't facts and figures to reason on then what is the motive of the discussion? It doesn't sound like a medical matter to me but rather an ethical/moral/religious matter.

Maybe this matter should be revisited when there are some current facts on the table and it can be discussed in a medical manner. Does anyone have any realistic current data or are we still in flux with media scrapings?