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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.
So far, an old jurisprudence had sometimes equated the duty of community of life in marriage with a so-called "marital duty".
By clarifying the civil code, MEPs intend to break a persistent taboo and remind that sexual consent remains essential, even within marriage.
To prevent marital rape by putting an end to an old legal ambiguity: MEPs voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse in the law the absence of any marital duty within marriage. ...
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The end of an ambiguity: the National Assembly unanimously endorsed the end of the marital duty among married couples.
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