Bei einer Anhörung, die am 16. Juni 1989 im Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center abgehalten wurde, sagte ein Arzt aus, er werde die siebzehnjährige New Yorkerin mit Hand- und Fußfesseln ans Bett binden, falls sie sich der Transfusion widersetze; der Artikel hält außerdem fest, dass der erstinstanzliche Richter sie nicht zu Protokoll aussagen ließ, sie nach einem Besuch bei ihr aber ‘obviously very intelligent’ und ‘capable of expressing herself fully’ nannte.
Claim ID claim-blood-1994-moore-restraintsConcerns 16. Juni 1989Ausdrückliche Aussage
Bei einer Anhörung, die am 16. Juni 1989 im Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center abgehalten wurde, sagte ein Arzt aus, er werde die siebzehnjährige New Yorkerin mit Hand- und Fußfesseln ans Bett binden, falls sie sich der Transfusion widersetze; der Artikel hält außerdem fest, dass der erstinstanzliche Richter sie nicht zu Protokoll aussagen ließ, sie nach einem Besuch bei ihr aber ‘obviously very intelligent’ und ‘capable of expressing herself fully’ nannte. Source: Awake!, 22. Mai 1994Source: Awake!, 22. Mai 1994
22. Mai 1994 · p.11 · par. 24 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
“He further stated that if Crystal tried to resist the transfusions, he would tie her to the bed with wrist and leg restraints to accomplish the procedure. Crystal told the doctors that she would “scream and holler” if they attempted to transfuse her and that as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, she viewed any forcible administration of blood to be as repulsive as rape.”
Evidence at a hearing convened at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, on the morning of 16 June 1989, after the hospital applied to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for authority to transfuse the New York seventeen-year-old, 17, who had inflammatory bowel disease.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Awake!, Youths Who Have “Power Beyond What Is Normal”
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and the wording, page marker and paragraph confirmed against the article text.
22. Mai 1994 · p.11 · pars. 25-26 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
“Despite her attorney’s repeated requests at the hearing, Crystal was denied the opportunity to speak for herself before the court to demonstrate her decision-making ability. … After the visit the trial judge said that Crystal was “obviously very intelligent” and “very articulate” and explained that Crystal “certainly was sound in mind” and “capable of expressing herself fully.””
The article states that the judge visited Crystal in her room for about twenty minutes but would not let her give evidence on the record, and characterises this as a denial of due process, bodily self-determination, privacy and religious freedom.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Awake!, Youths Who Have “Power Beyond What Is Normal”
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and the wording, page marker and paragraph confirmed against the article text.
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