The France 24 website reports today (December 8, 2011) that the National Assembly in Paris this week set in motion a move towards criminalizing prostitution in France.
A bill will now be introduced in parliament in coming days that -- if passed -- will make the act of paying for sex illegal in France.
But the proposed crackdown -- which comes as a surprise to many observers considering the long history of liberal attitudes towards sex in France -- has angered several organizations that represent sex workers.
Sara Walker -- speaking for the London-based International Prostitutes Collective -- said, "Sex workers' experience and all the research shows criminalizing clients drives women underground and into more danger."
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