French lawmakers debate crackdown on prostitution
France’s Senate opened a new debate Monday on the best approach to legislating on prostitution, posing the question of who should bear the brunt of the law - prostitutes or their clients.
French senators will on Monday debate whether the law should punish prostitutes or their clients, as France resumes a divisive discussion on how to crackdown on the world's oldest profession
The draft legislation passed by the lower house, the National Assembly, two years ago made clients of prostitutes liable for a fine of 1,500 euros ($1,620) for a first offence and more than double that for subsequent breaches.
Both versions of the legislation have drawn fierce opposition from sex workers who say it would simply push prostitution further underground and make the women who earn their living from it more vulnerable to abuse.
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This proposed legislation has the 'ladies of the night' (or any time of the day here in Paris) really up in arms.They've taken to the streets and are protesting
in all of the 'sex trade' neighborhoods of the city.
Prostitution as such is not illegal in France, but soliciting, pimping (including brothels) and the sale of sex by minors are prohibited.
