Orthodox Jews — who observe the law far more strictly than JWs — permit blood transfusions and even organize blood drives, refuting the JW interpretation.

Orthodox Jews are among the most stringent observers of Mosaic law on earth. They extend the prohibition on boiling a calf in its mother's milk to refusing to eat a cheeseburger — purely out of caution. Yet Orthodox Jews not only permit blood transfusions, they organize blood drives as acts of charity and honor to God. If blood transfusions violated the Torah's blood prohibition, those who take the law most seriously would forbid them. They do not.