{"id":228787,"date":"2026-05-28T05:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=228787"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:56:25","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=228787","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses Clarify Blood Transfusion Rules, Allow Self-Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFRICAN EXAMINER) \u2013 Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses have announced a clarification to their long-standing teaching on blood transfusions, allowing members to decide whether their own blood can be used during medical procedures. The update maintains the ban on receiving another person\u2019s blood but gives individuals the freedom to choose how their own blood is handled in surgeries [\u2026]<br \/>\nThe post Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses Clarify Blood Transfusion Rules&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanexaminer.com\/jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFRICAN EXAMINER) \u2013 Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses have announced a clarification to their long-standing teaching on blood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",768,432,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",640,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",768,432,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",768,432,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",768,432,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation.jpg",768,432,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/228787-jehovahs-witnesses-clarify-blood-transfusion-rules-allow-self-donation-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/228788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}