Should B. C. Surviving Sextuplets Be Transfused Blood?

B.C. government social workers seized three of four surviving sextuplets on the weekend so they could receive blood transfusions over their parents’ religious objections and Supreme Court of Canada precedent, the family’s lawyer says.

But the province abruptly handed control of the infants back to the parents Wednesday when they challenged the seizure in court.

The parents, who cannot be identified under a court-ordered publication ban, are Jehovah’s Witnesses whose beliefs forbid blood transfusions even to save a life.