Blood Transfusions

ArgentinaConfirmed

Argentine province advances an official registry of people who refuse blood transfusions

Illustration: an open public register with empty ruled columns beside a card-index drawer

Río Negro's legislature approved the bill 28–15 on 6 August, the first of two votes its constitution requires before it can become law. The bill's operative text never mentions Jehovah's Witnesses; the explanatory findings filed with it name them, and recite three cases, two of them refusals a judge overrode.

· August 6, 2026 · 9 min read

A duty judge authorized transfusions on the basis of a fax the Court found 'very limited, incorrect and incomplete.'Confirmed

European Court Rules Spain Violated Jehovah's Witness's Rights Over Forced Blood Transfusions

Illustration: scales of justice, an IV blood bag and a legal directive

In Pindo Mulla v. Spain, the ECHR Grand Chamber unanimously found that Spain breached Rosa Edelmira Pindo Mulla's rights when a duty judge authorized three transfusions during emergency surgery despite her advance written refusals. The Court faulted the decision-making process, not the doctors' medical judgment.

· September 17, 2024 · 8 min read