NEW LAW will MAKE PROSTITUTION ILLEGAL IN FRANCE: "Under existing French laws on prostitution, summed up by French Roman Catholic newspaper La Croix France officially aspires to abolition but the act of prostitution itself is not a crime. Prostitution is only liable for prosecution when it troubles public order. A client faces prosecution only if the prostitute is under-age or"particularly vulnerable" because of illness etc. Pimping is punishable with a prison sentence of up to seven years, and there are some 1,000 convictions annually. Guy Geoffroy, an MP from the ruling UMP party who sits on the commission, said France's political parties had reached a consensus on the issue because it was a matter of "republican ethics". Nine out of 10 prostitutes were victims of trafficking, he said."From now on prostitution is regarded from the point of view of violence against women and that has become unacceptable for everyone," Mr Geoffroy added. Yves Charpenel, head of the Fondation Scelles group which fights human trafficking ..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16047284

[some say this will make it more difficult for women rather than better] NEW LAW will MAKE PROSTITUTION ILLEGAL IN FRANCE: "Under existing French laws on prostitution, summed up by French Roman Catholic newspaper La Croix France officially aspires to abolition but the act of prostitution itself is not a crime. Prostitution is only liable for prosecution when it troubles public order.
A client faces prosecution only if the prostitute is under-age or"particularly vulnerable" because of illness etc. Pimping is punishable with a prison sentence of up to seven years, and there are some 1,000 convictions annually. Guy Geoffroy, an MP from the ruling UMP party who sits on the commission, said France's political parties had reached a consensus on the issue because it was a matter of "republican ethics". Nine out of 10 prostitutes were victims of trafficking, he said."From now on prostitution is regarded from the point of view of violence against women and that has become unacceptable for everyone," Mr Geoffroy added. Yves Charpenel, head of the Fondation Scelles group which fights human trafficking ..."
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