US EditionFrench lawmakers approve bill to end ‘marital duty’ after consent concerns
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The case started when a man divorced his wife in 2019 on the grounds that she refused to sleep with him for several years.
France, which presumed to be the first country in the world to approve the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution two years ago, still contemplates in its law such an archaic concept as “marriage duty”: the obligation to have sexual relations within the couple. This week the French Assembly voted to put an end to this ambiguous notion, which many judges have used as an argument for granting divorces. Feminist organizations have f…
The text aims to remove a "legal blur" on an alleged sexual obligation between spouses and to prevent marital rape.
French lawmakers back bill to end 'marital duty'
PARIS, France — French lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill seeking to end “marital duty,” after criticism from women’s rights groups about its use to ignore sexual consent in marriage and marital rape. The text — backed by more than 120 MPs in the lower house National Assembly — clarifies in the civil code that cohabitation does not create any obligation for spouses to have sexual relations. The cross-party bill will now have to g…
French lawmakers approve bill to end ‘marital duty’ after consent concerns
French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday to end the notion of “marital duty,” following criticism from women’s rights groups that it undermines sexual consent and enables marital rape. Backed by more than 120 MPs, the bill clarifies that cohabitation does not oblige spouses to have sex and now heads to the Senate for approval.
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