{"id":206360,"date":"2019-07-11T11:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206360"},"modified":"2019-07-11T11:53:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T16:53:29","slug":"tragedy-vincent-lambert-dies-starved-death-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tragedy-vincent-lambert-dies-starved-death-france\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAGEDY: Vincent Lambert dies after being starved to death in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>French nurse Vincent Lambert has died, nine days after being denied nutrition and hydration in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Days before his nutrition and hydration was removed, Lambert&#8217;s mother, Viviane, spoke before the International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in an effort to stop what she called the \u201cassassination\u201d of her son. \u201cWhy won\u2019t you listen to us? Vincent is a human being, not an object,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cVincent is not a vegetable. I\u2019ve never seen a vegetable turn its head when it\u2019s called. I have many pictures and videos that prove exactly the contrary of what can be read on the papers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thread: The case of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VincentLambert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VincentLambert<\/a> boils down to one simple fact. A man is in the process of being killed because he is handicapped. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rH7oXBQpTr\">https:\/\/t.co\/rH7oXBQpTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caroline Farrow (@CF_Farrow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CF_Farrow\/status\/1146822552129589251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After losing every court battle to save their son&#8217;s life, the Lamberts eventually resigned themselves to his death, noting that it was too late. Their lawyer, Jean Paillot, said after he died that his parents feel that it is &#8220;now time for a moment of remembrance,&#8221; and will release a statement when they feel able.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/vincent-lambert-dies-after-removal-of-food-and-water-98596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a statement<\/a> after Lambert died expressing sadness, saying, \u201cWe pray that the Lord will welcome him into his house and we express closeness to his loved ones and to those who, up to the last, have committed themselves to assist him with love and dedication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone seemed to feel that Lambert&#8217;s state-enforced death was a tragedy. The news of his death came from his cousin, Francois Lambert, who <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/brain-damaged-french-patient-dies-doctors-remove-life-073523586.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement to AFP<\/a>, &#8220;Vincent died at 8:24 am (0624 GMT) this morning. We were ready to let him go. It is not sad. It is rationality gaining the upper hand.&#8221; He then appeared to take a swipe at Vincent&#8217;s parents, calling their efforts to save their son&#8217;s life &#8220;theatrical gestures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a human being who was suffering,&#8221; his cousin said, &#8220;and the various theatrical gestures did not mean much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Lambert was told that he was going to be killed, he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/quadriplegic-man-cried-france-ordered-starved-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly cried<\/a>, as this video shows.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mqSMoCY6L7M\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lambert was at the center of a legal battle for six years, as his wife, Rachel, and some of his family members fought his parents for the ability to have him killed. After a 2008 car accident, Lambert was left quadriplegic and in a &#8220;semi-conscious&#8221; state. Though some had described him as a &#8220;vegetable,&#8221; Lambert&#8217;s parents have argued otherwise. Lambert was able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/un-committee-tries-to-save-french-terri-schiavo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breathe and swallow on his own<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idCAKCN1TW3GF-OCATP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sleep and wake up<\/a>, and did not require machines to keep him alive. He relied, as all people do, on nutrition and hydration, albeit delivered in a special manner, and was otherwise not ill or at the end of his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French nurse Vincent Lambert has died, nine days after being denied nutrition and hydration in a hospital. Days before his nutrition and hydration was removed, Lambert&#8217;s mother, Viviane, spoke before the International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in an effort to stop what she called the \u201cassassination\u201d of her son. \u201cWhy won\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":201103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,5,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TRAGEDY: Vincent Lambert dies after being starved to death in France<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"French nurse Vincent Lambert has died, nine days after being denied nutrition and hydration in a hospital. 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