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'his condition is that of a disabled person" Lawyer Jean Paillot Representing Vincent Lambert's Parents Speaks July 1, 2019 The doctor treating quadriplegic patient Vincent Lambert, 42, at the University Hospital in Reims, France is taking food and water away from him today, beginning the process of Lambert's death. The parents of mentally disabled patient Vincent Lambert, injured in a 2008 motorcycle accident, won a reprieve on May 20th hours after food and water was withdrawn. That's when the Court of Appeal of Paris ruled to stop the killing until a UN panel could review Lambert's case. But late last...

A death sentence from France's Court of Cassation for quadriplegic patient Vincent Lambert late Friday afternoon..... An attempt by the federal government to compromise with environmentalists failed Friday morning as three groups that want an injunction to stop Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond from using federal land for grazing rejected it..... They are arguably the most demonized leaders in the world and on Friday US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were together with President Trump in a jovial mood..... President Trump tweeting about his next stop following the G 20, South Korea.... At Gallargues-le-Monteux in southern...

The British Conservative Party has set July 23rd as the day a new leader and a new Prime Minister for the UK will be announced..... In a series of tweets Tuesday President Trump blasted Iran... President Trump warning that attacks on "anything American" will be met with "great and overwhelming force".... A frank assessment of the situation regarding Iran from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday.... The summit meeting in Israel between national security advisers from Israel, Russia and the United States produced a frank exchange of differing views.... The meeting is underway in Bahrain discussing the 50 billion dollar...

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is appealing the decision to stop the removal of food and water from quadriplegic hospital patient Vincent Lambert..... In Missouri a judge allowing the states last abortion clinic to remain open while a request for a permanent injunction is considered..... 12 are dead and the shooter killed by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia.... Mohamed Hichem M is the name of the suspect in last Friday's parcel bombing in Lyon, France...... In Morocco Abdessamad Ejjoud is one of three men who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and is one of 24 men accused...

The US State Department stepping up criticism of Syria's government and its military offensive the northwest against Al-Qaeda jihadists and other elements.... Next to Syria in Iraq, Turkey says its forces killed six more members of the Kurdish PKK..... Next to Iraq is Iran. US National Security Adviser John Bolton points the finger of blame for damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Iran with his latest comments...... The political fight in Israel underway ahead of Wednesday night's deadline to form a new government..... Kosovo, a majority Muslim nation whose independence is recognized by half the world's'...

359 now dead in Sunday's suicide bombing terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka.... In Syria, another shelling attack in the north.... In Libya, the eastern forces of the Libyan National Army vow to step up their efforts to take the capital city of Tripoli..... President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is talking about the "Deal of the Century" peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians set to be unveiled in June.... Voters in Egypt approving constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi to remain in power until 2030..... Election Day Tuesday in Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island.... The talks moving...

A euthanasia case in the Netherlands made international headlines last year after it came to light that a woman was euthanized against her will. Now, the doctor who killed her is finally being held responsible. The patient, who has not been identified, was 74 years old and reportedly suffering dementia. She was living in a nursing home, and had previously said she wanted to undergo assisted suicide when “the time is right.” However, she never put in a request for assisted suicide, so even though her dementia had progressed to the point that she was no longer capable of giving...

FULL TITLE: Supreme Court rules that doctors can remove food and fluids from brain-damaged patients without going to court (ENGLAND) My Radio Four Today programme interview on this case is here. Five Live here. Should doctors be able to withdraw food and fluids from severely brain-damaged people who are not imminently dying? And if so, in what circumstances? The answer to these questions has changed significantly today because of a decision by the Supreme Court. Patients with permanent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state (MCS) can now be effectively starved and dehydrated to death if the medical staff and...

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Robert Latimer has submitted a letter to the Minister of Justice seeking a pardon or a new trial following his conviction for the murder of his daughter Tracy in 1993. Latimer has been free on parole since 2010. Contrary to some media reports, Latimer has been able to travel outside Canada since 2015, according to the Globe and Mail. Disability rights activists are concerned that the pardon request is a “symptom and effect of the continuing devaluation of disabled people” as shown by the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in 2016, according to...

FULL TITLE: Jahi McMath, the teen declared brain dead by doctors in 2013, has died undergoing surgery in New Jersey after a five-year bitter legal fight by her mother who insisted medics were wrong and she was still alive A girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death has died after surgery in New Jersey, her mother said Thursday. Nailah Winkfield said doctors declared her daughter Jahi McMath dead on June 22 from excessive bleeding and liver failure after an operation to treat an intestinal issue. McMath was declared dead in December 2013 when she...

FULL TITLE: Dying anorexia patient, 25, is denied treatment for the disorder by her insurance company who claim 'it's a luxury' as her weight drops to 58lbs A 25-year-old woman with a debilitating eating disorder is preparing for the possibility of an early death as her insurance company treats a medical program she requires to live on as a luxury. Katrina Howard, who succumbed to anorexia nervosa in her early teen years, has been sent from hospital to hospital for treatment - but doctors fear they are running out of effective options for the young woman - who has whittled...

FULL TITLE: Two families are fighting to keep their sons on life support at Philadelphia children's hospital despite doctors insisting both are brain dead Two families have now gone to court to keep their sons on life support at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Anna and Jonathan Auyeung filed for a temporary restraining order in Common Pleas Court on Wednesday to keep their 10-year-old son Jayden alive. It comes less than a month after Rumpa Banerjee was granted the same order to keep her 14-year-old son Areen Chakrabarti on life support. Jayden, who suffers from a genetic motor neuron disease,...

In a heart-wrenching new video, a mother can be heard begging Ohio hospital staff to save the lives of her premature twin boys before they died. The video, released by the pro-life group Created Equal, alleges staff at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio refused to help the micro-preemies on June 24, 2017 after their mother, Amanda, gave birth at 22 weeks and five days of pregnancy. “You’re going to save him, right? Promise me you’re going to save him,” Amanda’s heartbroken plea can be heard on the video as she holds her son Emery right after giving birth. “Look...

The grief-stricken father of Alfie Evans today buried his son. Although no one from the media or Alfie’s Army was able to attend the private funeral to talk with him or hear remarks to his family, since it was closed to the public, the flowers that adorned the hearse carrying Alfie’s body to the funeral park gave people an indication of what his father Tom thinks of his little boy. The hearse was decorated in flowers with the words “Warrior” and “our hero” on top. The casket itself was adorned with images appropriate for a little boy — with pictures...

This is the second in a five-part series contrasting the ways our society could handle end-of-life care moving forward. The right to die is an odd concept. Everyone will inevitably die. Many people fear what sort of condition they may be when they are older or suffering from a terminal disease. Some people express that fear in these exact words: “I don’t want to be hooked up to all of those machines.” Patients certainly have a right to refuse unwanted medical treatment. But when people speak of the “right to die,” they don’t mean allowing someone at the end of...

The story of Alfie Evans in the United Kingdom shocked and captivated an international audience. His death on April 28 was tragic, leaving his parents and countless people across the globe heartbroken, including his devoted online advocates in “Alfie’s Army.” Many things happened during his case. The medical details are complex, with Alfie perhaps suffering from a unique disease. While the details may be hard to follow, the controversy over Alfie is really quite simple: Alfie’s medical care was forcibly removed from him because of his quality of life. This was a fight about imposing “quality of life” judgments on...

About once a week my search for “Today in History” turns up a reminder, positive or negative, of something that pro-lifers should carefully ponder. Ninety one years ago today, in Buck v. Bell, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Virginia law that allowed the forced sterilization of people to promote the “health of the patient and the welfare of society.” Specifically, the 8-1 decision, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes permitted an innocent woman by the name of Carrie Buck to be involuntarily sterilized. Carrie Buck’s “crime”? She was supposedly “feeble-minded.” As Social Darwinist Justice Holmes pronounced, in one...

Sources close to the family of Alfie Evans are refuting a story that appeared in an Italian newspaper claiming that Alfie was given four unknown drugs just two hours before he died. Caroline Farrow, a British journalist and broadcaster who has been working closely with administrators of the Alfie Army website, informed LifeNews today that the Italian newspaper article is incorrect. Not only is the article inaccurate but administrators of Facebook page to support Alfie and his family say the claims in the article are causing more stress for Alfie’s family just days after he passed away. If true, the...

FULL TITLE: British Prime Minister Defends Hospital That Ended Alfie Evans’ Life, Says “Clinicians Should Decide” Not Parents Now that little Alfie Evans has died, apologists are coming out of the woodwork defending the hospital, the doctors, and the courts, that yanked his life support over his parents’ objections. As Alfie’s family mourns his death on Saturday, and as millions of supporters of his family across the globe share their condolences, some people are defending Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. That is the hospital where doctors decided Alfie was too far gone and revoked his life support without his parents’ permission....

The hospital that was at the center of the controversy over Alfie Evans and ultimately yanked his life support was once embroiled in a controversy surrounding the selling of children’s organs after surgery. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in London came under considerable criticism after fighting with Alfie’s parents for months and withdrawing off his life support without their consent following a massive legal battle. The hospital came under additional criticism when it did not feed it Alfie for longer than 24 hours after removing his life support. But this is not the first time Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has been...