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France bans paying for sex, imposes fines on prostitutes' clients

Minister for the Family, Children and Women's Rights, Laurence Rossignol 

Paris: French lawmakers passed a controversial law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to 3,750 euros ($4,270) on prostitutes' clients.

Around 60 sex workers staged a noisy protest outside parliament during the final debate on the bill that will affect the livelihoods of at least 30,000 prostitutes in France, four in five of whom are foreign.

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