France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent at 15, meaning sex with someone younger than that would be considered rape.
Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, which follows advice from doctors and legal experts.
Currently, prosecutors must prove sex with someone under 15 was forced in order to bring rape charges.
The change comes amid uproar over two recent cases of men accused of having sex with 11-year-old girls.
Under the existing legislation, if there is no violence or coercion proved, offenders may only be charged with sexual abuse of a minor and not rape. This has a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (£66,000; $87,000).
Sentences are the same for sexual assaults of minors and non-minors, but rape convictions carry much harsher punishments.
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8 comments:
This is so France is more in line with the coming Sharia Laws coming sooner than expected.
The Left Fascists are coming for your children.
1000% Correct.
All for Islam aka Sharia law LOOK AT ENGLAND.
16 in MD.
Might as well do it here. If you think your 15 year old isn't having consensual sex, you are not accepting reality.
Less than 100 years ago, most women were married before age 15 in America.
Islam and open boarders.
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