France adopts consent-based rape law

France adopts consent-based rape law
Wednesday 29 October 2025 - 20:07

France on Wednesday adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making the country the latest European nation to pass a consent-based law.

The country’s penal code will now enshrine the principle of consent into the definition of the crime of rape, after France’s Senate backed the measure in the final vote of a lengthy legislative process.

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