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When religious beliefs conflict with medical survival

I'm pregnant and my Jehovah's Witness family says I'll go to hell if I accept a blood transfusion but I want to live to raise my baby.

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Life-threatening situations can force impossible choices between spiritual fidelity and physical preservation.

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