France lower house adopts bill to protect minors from sexual crimes, setting age of consent at 15
France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill to protect minors from sexual crimes and incest. The bill primarily sets the age of sexual consent at 15 and outlaws incestual relations—understood in France as sexual abuse by relatives—with a minor as rape. The provision outlawing incest as rape will [...]