REIMS, France – Doctors are expected to announce a decision Thursday in the emotionally charged case of a comatose French man whose family is divided over whether to continue care for him.
Vincent Lambert was left comatose in a 2008 car accident. His wife wants doctors to stop life support but his parents disagree. The case, with echoes of the American case a decade ago of Terri Schiavo, went up to Europe’s human rights court, which ruled in June that doctors could stop treatment. A French court backed that decision.
Catholic bishops of the Rhone-Alpes region, where Lambert’s parents live, on Tuesday called for Lambert to be kept alive.
Euthanasia, which involves an act to kill the patient, is not legal in France. Stopping care is in some cases.
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