The Sebastopol Hospital in Reims ruled on Monday that ordinary means of life support be removed from patient Vincent Lambert on April 19

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The Sebastopol Hospital in Reims ruled on Monday that ordinary means of life support be removed from patient Vincent Lambert on April 19.

Vincent suffered severe head injuries in an automobile accident in 2008 that left him a quadriplegic, but other doctors and his parents insist he is not sick, nor in a coma, breathes unassisted, and his internal organs function normally.

Despite this, the hospital ruled that continuing to feed and hydrate him constituted “unreasonable obstinacy” towards the disabled patient.

Church teaching allows for the removal of “aggressive medical treatment” but only when it is considered futile or overly burdensome, and for terminally ill patients. Nutrition and hydration are considered “ordinary” and not “extraordinary” means and so are part of normal care; withholding them is therefore considered passive euthanasia, leaving the person to die of starvation.

The decision has been taken against the will of his devout Catholic parents. In the opening words of a letter sent to French President Emmanuel Macron this week, Vincent’s mother, Viviane, wrote “My son has been sentenced to death. His name is Vincent Lambert, he has a little girl, is alive, and has committed no crime.”

“And yet,” she added, “this Monday, April 9, 2018, in France, a doctor announced to me that in 10 days would begin the slow and long agony of my child, who will die of hunger and thirst.”
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He is not sick, breathes unassisted, and his internal organs function normally.

Yet he is to be starved to death. No food or water beginning April 19th.
 
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Terri Schiavo…
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican_addresses_terri_schiavo_case_endoflife_issues
“Is the administration of food and water (whether by natural or artificial means) to a patient in a ‘vegetative state’ morally obligatory except when they cannot be assimilated by the patient’s body or cannot be administered to the patient without causing significant physical discomfort?”

The CDF replied that, “Yes. The administration of food and water even by artificial means is, in principle, an ordinary and proportionate means of preserving life. It is therefore obligatory to the extent to which, and for as long as, it is shown to accomplish its proper end, which is the hydration and nourishment of the patient. In this way suffering and death by starvation and dehydration are prevented.”
he Vatican was also asked by the U.S. bishops about another situation which is reminiscent of the Terri Schiavo case. The prelates asked, “When nutrition and hydration are being supplied by artificial means to a patient in a ‘permanent vegetative state,’ may they be discontinued when competent physicians judge with moral certainty that the patient will never recover consciousness?”
The response from the Vatican maintained clear and consistent respect for life at all its stages. The CDF responded, “No. A patient in a ‘permanent vegetative state’ is a person with fundamental human dignity and must, therefore, receive ordinary and proportionate care which includes, in principle, the administration of water and food even by artificial means."
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Saint John Paul the Great pray for Vincent.
 
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The Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne) is expected to announce this Friday afternoon if it confirms or cancels the decision of the University Hospital of Reims to stop the treatment of Vincent Lambert , hospitalized patient in a vegetative state . Given the complexity of the case, the judges will announce their decision “normally Friday afternoon”, no later than Monday, said the administrative court at the end of the hearing.
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The Pope has asked us to pray.

I will also fast, in solidarity with Vincent if they withdraw food and water.
 
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