article_snippet.sent: The family of a heavily pregnant Jehovah's Witness who died along with Her baby after Her refused a blood transfusion, have defended the woman who they said had put her baby's life above Her own.
article_snippet.sent: A pregnant Jehovah's Witness woman and Heather have died after her daughter refused a blood transfusion . '
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.