Wesley J. Smith has contacts. This can be a very good thing. He reports today via his contacts that Rachel Nyirahabiyambere, the woman I wrote about here, is alive and being fed and hydrated again. She went for over two weeks without food or fluids, but her children managed to obtain legal help, and a court has ordered that her food and fluids be restarted. Where things will go from here is anyone's guess. Is this merely a reprieve or a long-term block on the blatant attempt to kill her as a "useless eater"? I don't know. But for now, this is very good news.
Follow-Up: Rachel Nyirahabiyambere being fed and hydrated
by Lydia McGrew
Comments (2)
NYT confirms Wesley Smith's FT news: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/us/12brfs-JUDGEORDERSN_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Posted by david brandt | March 12, 2011 6:17 PM
Useful link, David. I hope the reprieve is permanent, not just temporary.
Posted by Lydia | March 12, 2011 6:52 PM