Sydney (AFP) - An Australian teenager Friday lost his court battle to refuse life-saving medical treatment because he is a Jehovah's Witness, with a court upholding an earlier judgement permitting a blood transfusion.
The 17-year-old, who suffers from an aggressive cancer, lost his case against Sydney Children's Hospital in March in which he had argued that treating him with blood products or a transfusion would breach his relationship with God.
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