ClaimBlood doctrinesupported1990sOutcome

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In Re E (1990, veröffentlicht 1993) setzte sich Richter Ward über die Ablehnung eines 15¾-jährigen Zeugen Jehovas hinweg und sagte, das Gericht 'should be very slow to allow a child to martyr himself'; mit Erreichen des 18. Lebensjahres lehnte er weiteres Blut ab und starb.

Claim ID claim-blood-case-re-eConcerns 21. September 1990Ergebnis

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In Re E (1990, veröffentlicht 1993) setzte sich Richter Ward über die Ablehnung eines 15¾-jährigen Zeugen Jehovas hinweg und sagte, das Gericht 'should be very slow to allow a child to martyr himself'; mit Erreichen des 18. Lebensjahres lehnte er weiteres Blut ab und starb. Source: High Court (Family Division), England and Wales, 21. September 1990Source: Denning Law Journal, 2007Source: Law & Religion UK (blog), 21. Dezember 2021

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High Court (Family Division), England and Wales, “Re E (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1993] 1 FLR 386”

21. September 1990 · Ward J. · Family Law Reports

“should be very slow to allow a child to martyr himself”

Boy of 15¾ with leukaemia; treatment with blood products offered an 80-90% chance of remission; he and his parents refused; Ward J authorised treatment. He later refused blood on reaching majority and died.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for High Court (Family Division), England and Wales, Re E (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1993] 1 FLR 386

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Judgment not opened (paywalled/unreported online). Wording and outcome taken from Ziebart, Denning Law Journal 2007 (opened) and the Law & Religion UK note (opened), which agree.

Untermauert durch. src-dlj-2007-ziebart, src-lawreligionuk-2021-ef

Notes. Decision date 21 Sept 1990 per secondary sources; reported 1993.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-ewhc-1993-re-e

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Denning Law Journal, “Jehovah's Witnesses – Medical Care, Minors and the Religious Rite/Right”

2007 · pp.vol. 19, pp. 219-247 · David Ziebart · University of Buckingham Press

“E maintained his religious convictions throughout his life and on reaching the age of majority, refused all blood-based treatment and subsequently died.”

Quotes Ward J in Re E: the court 'should be very slow to allow a child to martyr himself'; boy of 15¾, 80-90% remission with blood products. Also quotes Lord Donaldson in Re T on the right of choice existing whether reasons are 'rational, irrational, unknown or even non-existent'.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Denning Law Journal, Jehovah's Witnesses – Medical Care, Minors and the Religious Rite/Right

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. PDF opened and text extracted.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-dlj-2007-ziebart

Von Fachleuten begutachtet / wissenschaftlich Geprüft

Law & Religion UK (blog), “Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusions for 16- and 17-year-olds: E & F”

21. Dezember 2021 · Elijah Z. Granet · Law & Religion UK

“Once a young person becomes an adult, decisions about whether to accept or reject medical treatment become theirs absolutely, but before that age the court must act upon its objective assessment of the young person's best interests”

Quoting E & F (Minors: Blood Transfusion) [2021] EWCA Civ 1888; also cites Ward J's 'very slow to allow an infant to martyr himself'.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Law & Religion UK (blog), Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusions for 16- and 17-year-olds: E & F

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-lawreligionuk-2021-ef

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