What is the story about: Blood transfusion: Follow your heart, Jehovah’s Witness tells members?

Jehovah’s Witnesses now permit members to decide, based on personal conscience, whether to accept blood components like red cells, plasma, or platelets.

How do left, center, and right outlets frame this story?

Jehovah’s Witnesses now permit members to decide, based on personal conscience, whether to accept blood components like red cells, plasma, or platelets.

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Bias Comparison — Blood transfusion: Follow your heart, Jehovah’s Witness tells members

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Blood transfusion: Follow your heart, Jehovah’s Witness tells members

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Center: Jehovah’s Witnesses now permit members to decide, based on personal conscience, whether to accept blood components like red cells, plasma, or platelets. Read More: https://punchng.com/blood-transfusion-follow-your-heart-jehovahs-witness-tells-members/
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Blood transfusion: Follow your heart, Jehovah’s Witness tells members