France outlaws sex with children aged under 15
Published: Apr 16, 2021 1:57 AM | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 2:15 AM
The French parliament on Thursday adopted legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other Western nations.
While the age of consent was previously 15, prosecutors in France used to be required to prove sex was non-consensual to obtain a rape conviction.
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