article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman  and A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   died after A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   was diagnosed with leukemia but refused a blood transfusion that would probably have saved both of their lives.
article_snippet.sent: The 28-year-old was diagnosed with the cancer seven months into A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   pregnancy, and doctors told A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   could  give birth via a caesarean section and undergo chemotherapy but both would require A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   to have a blood transfusion.
article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   refused both options due to A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   religious beliefs and A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   died in utero three days later.
article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   had a stillbirth and died 13 days after A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   diagnosis after suffering a stroke and multi-organ failure.
article_snippet.sent: A pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman and A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   have died after A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   refused a blood transfusion .
article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   treating haematologist at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick,
article_snippet.sent: Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber, said A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   understood the risks of A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   refusal to accept blood. '
article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   refusal to receive a blood transfusion meant that we were unable to perform a caesarean section and to deliver the foetus,' Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   has the right to make decisions on A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   behalf and A heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman   foetus's behalf. '
article_snippet.sent: a mother said Jehovah's Witnesses are often condemned for Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs, especially in relation to Jehovah's Witnesses stance against blood transfusions. '
article_snippet.sent: a mother has a long-held commitment to the Jehovah's Witness faith and that's how a mother chose to die,' a mother told the Sydney Morning Herald. '
article_snippet.sent: Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood transfusions because Jehovah's Witnesses believe the Bible commands Jehovah's Witnesses to abstain from ingesting blood and that avoiding blood pays respect to God as the giver of life.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jehovah's Witness and Jehovah's Witness baby have died after refusing blood transfusion .
  