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France to Set Age of Consent to 15

posted by janrinok on Thursday March 08 2018, @01:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the protecting-children dept.

takyon writes:

France to set legal age of sexual consent as 15

France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 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).

[...] The government is to approve the new age limit as part of a package of other laws against sexual violence and harassment in the coming weeks. It had been discussing whether to set the age as 13 or 15, which is what groups fighting violence against children had campaigned for.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @03:00PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @03:00PM (#649503)

    Obviously targeting honest muslims who just want to screw young girls. Their religion allows this. Their prophet is probably the best known case. How can the French be so discriminating against a minority.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @09:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @09:33PM (#649724)

    While we're probably on the same ideological page, I nonetheless must ask you:

    WHAT RACE IS ISLAM!?