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The killing of Vincent Lambert: What you need to know

One week ago, Vincent Lambert’s doctors in Reims, France placed him under heavy sedation and began the gruesome process of starving and dehydrating him to death. Vincent was disabled in a motorcycle accident over ten years ago and since then has had to receive food and water through a feeding tube. On June 28, Vincent’s wife received permission from France’s highest civil court to make her…

French court orders disabled man to be starved to death

“The quality of a civilization is measured by the respect it has for the weakest.” (Protest for Vincent Lambert, May 20, 2019) Source: FranceInfo

France‘s highest civil court today ruled that Vincent Lambert must die by starvation and dehydration. Vincent was nearly made dead last month, but at the eleventh hour, an appellate court ordered that his food and water be restored. Today’s order…