The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers (congregation action over an organ transplant)”
“It is a matter for personal decision. (Gal. 6:5) The congregation judicial committee would not take disciplinary action if someone accepted an organ transplant.”
Question: 'Should congregation action be taken if a baptized Christian accepts a human organ transplant, such as of a cornea or a kidney?' The answer says 'Some Christians might feel that taking into their bodies any tissue or body part from another human is cannibalistic' and that others 'may feel that the Bible does not definitely rule out medical transplants'.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers (congregation action over an organ transplant)
Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording and page confirmed.
Corroborated by. src-w-1967-1115-qfr-transplants-cannibalistic
Notes. Does not acknowledge that the 1967 QFR taught the 'cannibalistic' view; attributes it to what 'some Christians might feel'.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1980-0315-qfr-transplants-conscience