Q&A: Eating Over Blood
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Eating Over Blood
Question
Donating blood—no, because unlike in the past they don’t write the father’s and mother’s details, and make do with a name and ID number, that is, may they be delivered from such things.
But receiving blood, if it is definitely needed—yes.
That is: as part of a kind of struggle, a group declares that it will take, yes, but give—no.
And this is with blood. A life-giving donation from one person to another.
Could this lead it in the direction of systematic exploitation, in a process that is only just beginning?
Something similar to Haredi society?
Answer
Indeed, there is something objectionable about a policy of not donating while not refraining from receiving.