On Friday, 19July 2024, the Constitutional Court (TC) ruled that a child’s life is above the religious beliefs of the parents. This is a major decision that has stirred up debates. The case revolves around what happens when physicians order a blood transfusion but this clashes with the parents’ beliefs. The parents of the child in question are members of the Jehovah’s Witness, refused on religious grounds.
Anonymous calls to the Prosecutors Office for Boys, Girls and Adolescents for the province of Santo Domingo had reported that a baby needed transfusions due to low levels of hemoglobin and high levels of bilirubin in addition to incompatibility of the Rh factors, but the parents were refusing the transfusion citing religious grounds.
Prosecutor Xarama Saray Guerrero Rojas filed an appeal with the Children’s Court of Santo Domingo. Since there were conflicts of...
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